Baku/10.12.23/Turan: On December 10, the launch ceremony of the Bulgaria-Serbia gas interconnector was held in the Serbian city of Nis. The presidents of Azerbaijan , Serbia and Bulgarıa took part in the ceremony.
In his speech, Aliyev said that gas exports to Europe this year will grow from 8 to 12 billion cubic meters, and by 2027 the volume of gas exports to Europe will double.
Minister of Extractive Industry and Energy of Serbia Dubravka Dedovich Handanovic previously told reporters that the capacity of the interconnector will be 1.8 billion cubic meters of gas per year, which will come from Azerbaijan and the Caspian region.
The 109 km long interconnector was built in a year. It's important for Gasification of the southeastern part of Serbia.
The total cost of the Niš-Dimitrovgrad-Bulgaria gas pipeline amounted to 85.5 million euros. The funds were allocated by the European Union - 49.6 million euros, the European Investment Bank - a loan of 25 million euros and from the budget of Serbia.
Bulgaria has been receiving Azerbaijani gas since 2021, and in early 2024 it will also receive liquefied natural gas through the port of Alexandroupolis in Greece.
Serbia has imported almost all gas from the Russian Federation for 25 years, but is now expanding the list of suppliers. For Azerbaijan, Serbia will become the 8th country in the Eurozone to receive its gas.
In November 2023, the Serbian state company Srbijagas and Azerbaijani SOCAR signed a contract, under which in 2024-26. Azerbaijan will supply Serbia with up to 400 million cubic meters of gas per year. In the future, this volume will increase to 1.0-1.2 billion cubic meters per year.-0-
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Armenia is not against the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, but does not consider it appropriate to discuss this issue now. "In the context of peace, we consider it possible to make a decision on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. When peace is an established fact, the existence of such a format may raise questions," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today. "The whole question is about the timing, we need to understand how effectively and correctly to turn such topics into a subject of discussion right now," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
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He expressed his willingness to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the border between the two countries. "A meeting with Ilham Aliyev could take place at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. I am open to such a format," Pashinyan said at a press conference today. According to Pashinyan, Armenia recently presented another proposal for a peace treaty to Azerbaijan.
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On August 31, Azerbaijan observes a "day of silence" before the Sunday’s early parliamentary elections for the unicameral Milli Majlis. All electoral campaigning is prohibited 24 hours before the voting. The early elections were initiated by the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party. This decision was motivated by the overlap of the scheduled elections in November with the global UN forum - the COP20 climate conference taking place in Baku.
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On August 30, at approximately 22:55, the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant in Metsamor was disconnected from the country's power grid, as reported by the Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure. The shutdown was caused by a lightning strike, which triggered the plant's safety systems to switch the station to a safe shutdown mode. Currently, the plant's staff is working on restarting the facility.
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