Reuters: Bulgaria PM says work on South Stream gas pipeline not stopped

Bulgaria hasn't stopped preliminary work on the Russian-led South Stream gas pipeline project, its prime minister said on Monday, but Sofia was "closely monitoring" relations between Brussels and Moscow over the turmoil in Ukraine.

The comments at a press conference came after Bulgaria's foreign minister over the weekend said work on the pipeline should probably be suspended for a few days or weeks in view of the political upheaval in nearby Ukraine.

"Preliminary work on South Stream is being carried out, it has not stopped. But in the next weeks we will monitor closely the relations between (the) European Union and Russia," Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski said.  MORE