Monday, October 28 2019 14:19

ArmInfo. Bulgaria stands for peaceful settlement of frozen conflicts. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria Ekaterina Zakharieva announced this on October 28  at a joint press conference with the Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab  Mnatsakanyan.

Thus, answering a question about the prospects of Azerbaijani gas  supplies to Bulgaria through the IGB (Gas Interconnector  Greece-Bulgaria), the Bulgarian Minister stated that this is an  important project for Sofia. "We would like this project on the  import of Azerbaijani gas to be successfully completed. We have good  relations with Azerbaijan, also good relations with Armenia. I would  like to recall that stability and peaceful settlement of frozen  conflicts are among the priorities of the European Union," Zakharieva  said, adding that the basis of the negotiations under the auspices of  the OSCE Minsk Group should be a peaceful dialogue.

According to her, Bulgaria will be happy to see a peaceful resolution  to the conflict (Nagorno-Karabakh conflict - Ed. note), which in turn  will allow Armenia to get rid of the economic blockade.

She reiterated that Bulgaria proceeds from the premise that the  conflict should be resolved through peaceful dialogue and under the  auspices of the OSCE, and the EU is ready to assist this process.

It should be noted that the IGB gas pipeline will allow Bulgaria to  receive Azerbaijani gas, including gas produced at the Shah Deniz gas  and condensate field. The IGB will be connected to TAP, through which  gas from Shah Deniz-2 will be delivered to European markets. The  initial capacity of IGB is 3 billion cubic meters of gas per year.