Mary Warlick, acting as Special Envoy and US State Department Coordinator for International Energy Issues discussed in Sofia with Vice-premiers Tomislav Donchev and Ekaterina Zaharieva Bulgaria’s efforts for the building of infrastructure connecting this country’s gastransfer grid to those of neighboring states, reported BNR.

Zaharieva pointed out that these projects are crucial for the diversification of energy supplies not only for Bulgaria but for the entire South-East Europe.

The inter-connector with Greece, for istance, will allow linking the North-South gas corridor with the Southern gas line.

That would make possible the supply of over 1 billion cubic meters of gas from Azerbaijan, after the Trans-Adriatic gas pipeline starts functioning in 2020, according to the words of Ekaterina Zaharieva.

Talks also considered partnership relations between Bulgaria and the USA on the bilateral plane and in the international context.