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Bulgaria's Foreign Minister says 2009 Gas crisis shows why South Stream gas pipeline project need to be a priority Citing the 2009 gas crisis which followed a dispute

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Novinite: Bulgarian FM Downplays EP's South Stream Resolution

The importance European Parliament's resolution demanding that the South Steam project be stopped "should not be exaggerated" Bulgaria's Foreign Minister said on Tuesday.

Vigenin described the document, which was voted last week, as a "result of the EP's emotional plea for a more rapid political and economic stabilization of Ukraine," as he was quoted by Dnevnik.bg as saying.

He underscored that, unlike many other issues, the South Stream gas pipeline project is a priority both for the government and the opposition.

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