" South stream " is suspended because of a policy, says the Russian Ambassador to the EU
For the suspension of the implementation of " South stream " are political root causes, says Russia's envoy to the EU Vladimir Chizhov
last Sunday, Bulgarian media said that Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski gave the order for the project " South stream " For consultations with the European Commission. The message came after negotiations with the delegation of us senators, among whom was the Republican Senator John Sidney McCain.
American senators visited Bulgaria this weekend as part of a tour to Eastern Europe. Before the European Commission has notified Bulgaria of non-compliance with the EU during the competition at the choice of the Builder and operator of the Bulgarian section of the pipeline.
" Project ( South stream ) technologically complex. Part goes under the Black sea and Part of the land. 1st plot - land - Bulgarian. The construction has already started. Was tender, which was won by a cartel of Russian and Bulgarian group organizations. The European Commission is not the DG for energy, supervised by Mr. Oettinger, and the DG internal market is suspected some departures from the rules of tendering. I would venture to suggest that it is backed by political root causes, because this Project and rules of this tender was Vivarais qualified lawyers, " said Chizhov in an interview to the program " Vesti on the First day weekend with Sergey brileva ", the text of which is posted on the Internet representative office of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
for reviews Chizhov, " nobody would be substituted under further criticism from officials."
" Was followed by the phrase part of officials of the European Union towards the fact that you have until the proceedings to stop for a while project implementation is that it does not have the opportunity to be realized, until not solved problems with Ukraine. It is quite clear orders on only a politicized approach to this scenario. But we have no doubts that the Project ultimately will be realized, all the obstacles will be overcome ", - he added.
The gas pipeline project South stream across the Black sea to southern and Central Europe is aimed at the diversification of routes of gas export from Russia to the European Union. To implement the land of some of the project with Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary and Slovenia have signed the intergovernmental agreement.
the construction started on 7 December 2012 in the area of Anapa. Putting into operation of the first line is scheduled for the end of 2015. It is planned to build four strings longer than 930 kilometers each.
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