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Bulgaria sees gas supply potential from Cyprus

By Menelaos Hadjicostis
Published June 16, 2014 11:22am ET
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Bulgaria sees gas supply potential from Cyprus
Cyprus foreign minister Ioannis Kasoulides, right, speaks to the media during a press conference with his Bulgarian counterpart Kristian Vigenin after their meeting in Cypriot Foreign Ministry in the Cypriot capital Nicosia, Monday, June 16, 2014. Bulgaria’s foreign minister says Cyprus could supply his country and other central European nations with natural gas to lessen the region’s heavy dependence on Russian deliveries of the fossil fuel. Vigenin said after talks with his Cypriot counterpart Ioannis Kasoulides that Cyprus could play “an important role” in an envisioned “north-south corridor” supplying gas to central Europe via Greece ove. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) | Petros Karadjias

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Bulgaria’s foreign minister said Monday that Cyprus could eventually supply his country and other central European nations with natural gas to lessen the region’s heavy dependence on Russian deliveries.

Kristian Vigenin said Cyprus could be key to an envisioned “north-south corridor” supplying gas to central Europe.

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