Bulgaria, Greece and Romania Form Workgroup for the Vertical Gas Corridor

Bulgaria, Greece and Romania have agreed to start a work group for the construction of the so-called Vertical Gas Corridor, which they announced in December, 2014. Hungary is yet to confirm whether it will join in. Representatives of Budapest, Bucharest and Athens are expected to meet again in Sofia in late March, by invitation of the Bulgarian energy minister Temenuzhka Petkova.

These are some of the highlights of today’s meeting held in Sofia, which was attended by representatives of Southeastern European countries, the vice-president of the EC responsible for the Energy Union - Maroš Šefčovič, and climate change commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete.

The high-level meeting resulted in the creation of joint a workgroup which will look at gas infrastructure projects and energy security challenges for the region from a political and an expert point of view, separately. The two teams are also expected to work primarily on improving gas interconnections and securing possible EU financing for the task.

Source: Publics.bg