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On October 1, Saturday, the head of state Rumen Radev

Rumen Georgiev Radev is a Bulgarian military man, major general from the reserve.

A former commander of will host the ceremony for the official commissioning of the intersystem gas connection Greece-Bulgaria.

The event will be held at 11:00 a.m. in Hall 3 of the National Palace of Culture, the press office of the Presidency announced.

The Greece-Bulgaria gas interconnection is of strategic importance for South-Eastern Europe and provides an opportunity for real energy diversification of natural gas suppliers for the region.

The interconnector provides Bulgaria with direct access to the Southern Gas Corridor and supplies of natural gas via the Trans-Adriatic Gas Pipeline (TAP), the Trans-Anatolian Gas Pipeline (TANAP), and in the near future also from the liquefied gas terminal near Alexandroupolis. 

The gas interconnector with Greece received ACT 16

At the invitation of the Bulgarian president, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the President of the Republic of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski, the President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis will take part in the ceremony. the Prime Minister of Romania Nicolae Chuca, the Prime Minister Galab Donev, as well as the executive directors of "ICGB" JSC Teodora Georgieva and George Satlas.

During the day, the head of state Rumen Radev

Rumen Georgiev Radev is a Bulgarian military man, major general from the reserve.

A former commander of will also hold bilateral meetings with heads of delegations participating in the ceremony.

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