Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 7

16-Feb-2009

CASPIAN

Russia And Bulgaria Agree To Push South Stream Pipeline Project

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Bulgarias President Georgi Parvanov agreed during talks in Moscow last week to expand bilateral energy relations. The two presidents announced that it is time to switch to the construction phase of the [South Stream] project as soon as possible and increase the pipelines design capacity. Mr Medvedev said that Gazprom was willing to...