During 5th Summit of Central Europe Heads of State held in Macedonia on May 2/3 2008, Bulgaria’s President Georgi Purvanov will have individual meeting with his counterparts, Albanian president Bamir Topi, Montenegrin president Filip Vujanovic and Slovenian president Danilo Türk.
The forum is expected to discuss the challenges before European Union’s further enlargement
The summit will take place two days after Greece became the third Balkan country to join the Russian-Italian South Stream natural gas pipeline project.
Bulgaria already signed the project that Russian natural gas will be transferred via Bulgaria to Italy. Bulgaria will serve as a transit country where the pipeline will split into two, one pipeline going to Greece and southern Italy, and another one running northwest to Central Europe.
Serbia has stated it wanted to join the project but has to ratify its agreement with Russia after the May 11 elections for Parliament.
Hungary has also joined the pipeline project which will carry 30 billion cu m of gas a year. The project was initially announced in June last year, when Russian energy giant Gazprom and its Italian peer ENI signed the initial agreement for the pipeline.
The forum is expected to discuss the challenges before European Union’s further enlargement
The summit will take place two days after Greece became the third Balkan country to join the Russian-Italian South Stream natural gas pipeline project.
Bulgaria already signed the project that Russian natural gas will be transferred via Bulgaria to Italy. Bulgaria will serve as a transit country where the pipeline will split into two, one pipeline going to Greece and southern Italy, and another one running northwest to Central Europe.
Serbia has stated it wanted to join the project but has to ratify its agreement with Russia after the May 11 elections for Parliament.
Hungary has also joined the pipeline project which will carry 30 billion cu m of gas a year. The project was initially announced in June last year, when Russian energy giant Gazprom and its Italian peer ENI signed the initial agreement for the pipeline.
