Novinite: Bulgaria to Host EU 'Energy Summit'

A summit-level meeting of all EU energy ministers is to be held in Bulgaria in three weeks' time, the country's Deputy PM for EU Funds and Economic Policy Tomislav Donchev announced on Sunday.

Donchev told the Bulgarian National Television the event could produce decisions on the "new energy projects" to be carried out in the bloc.

In his words, the importance of Bulgaria, alongside geopolitical risks, had "grown a lot" in the current situation, a fact he also believes could explain the visits of UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and US Secretary of State John Kerry last week. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is also due in Bulgaria sometime by the end of January.

Donchev asserted the government would not allow for Bulgaria to become a "bargaining chip" in the West-Russia dialogue.

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