Ways to improve the positions of the sides to the contract between Bulgaria’s Bulgargaz, Bulgartransgaz and Türkiye’s BOTAŞ will be discussed until 2 May. Agreement on this was reached in Baku, Azerbaijan, by Bulgaria’s Minister of Energy Zhecho Stankov and his Turkish counterpart Alparslan Bayraktar who took part in the 11^th ministerial meeting of the Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council.

Ministers Stankov and Bayraktar mandated their countries’ companies to make an in-depth analysis of the ways the contract can be made to work in the interest of both Bulgaria and Türkiye.

• Bulgargaz has not paid Turkish company BOTAŞ for the so-called reserved gas capacity since July
• Bulgargaz continues to negotiate changes to the contract with Turkey's BOTAŞ

After the talks between experts, the options for increasing the capacity of natural gas transfer at the Bulgarian-Turkish border is expected to be discussed at a political level.

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