Novinite: Bulgarian Rulers Deny Secret South Stream Deal with Russia

The governments of Bulgaria and Russia have not held any secret talks for the South Stream gas transit pipeline because there is an intergovernmental agreement in existence, declared Friday Dian Chervenkondev, MP from the ruling center-right party GERB.

Chervenkondev has thus refuted the claims of former Bulgarian PM and leader of the rightist opposition Democrats for Strong Bulgaria party Ivan Kostov who had alleged the Cabinet of GERB and PM Boyko Borisov had negotiated a secret deal for the signing of an agreement between Bulgaria and Russia on the construction of South Stream.

Kostov's party went further by posing seven questions about Bulgaria's participation in the South Stream gas transit pipeline project to the Borisov Cabinet.  

Ruling party MP Chervenkondev retorted by stating that all EU countries that will host sections of the Russian-sponsored South Stream pipeline are in fact in favor of the diversification of the natural gas supplies for Europe, which still come primarily from Russia.  MORE