In the wake of Russia’s battle of aggression towards Ukraine, leaders of North Macedonia and Bulgaria have agreed to cooperate within the seek for selection power resources so that you could prohibit Russia’s monopoly.
At the Energy Forum held in Sofia initially of the October, the area’s leaders promoted the brand new pipeline that can provide South-Eastern Europe with gasoline from Azerbaijan.
“That summit was interesting because an attempt was made, [and] in my view a successful one, to lesser the dependence from Russian gas end to find the new provider in Azerbaijan”, mentioned North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski.
The power crises have additionally set a brand new tone within the members of the family between Bulgaria and North Macedonia which, till not too long ago, were anxious because of conflicting historic problems.
At the convention held in Sofia, Bulgaria and North Macedonia put historical past apart to imagine the existing and the longer term. The two presidents mentioned the opportunity of Bulgaria immediately turning in its surplus electrical energy — thus serving to North Macedonia triumph over electrical energy scarcity issues.
“This was essentially the first time in the past two-and-a-half years that Bulgaria started sending positive signals to us Northern Macedonians because they agreed to set up a working group of experts and find ways to stretch the rules of the European Commission so that they can export the surplus electricity that they have”, Pendarovski mentioned.
“This way the surpluses cannot go to the world market, but directly to Northern Macedonia. It’s a difficult time to find ways because it needs to be in accordance with EU rules”.
