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Construction of the Bulgaria-Sеrbia gas interconnector starts

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The construction of the Bulgaria-Serbia gas interconnector on Bulgarian territory starts on February 1, the Bulgarian presidential administration said. 

Bulgarian and Serbian Presidents Rumen Radev and Aleksandar Vucic will participate in the opening ceremony

The pipeline will have a total length of about 170 km from Novi Iskar, Bulgaria, to Nis, Serbia, of which about 62 km will be on Bulgarian territory. Its capacity will be up to 1.8 billion m3/year with reverse flow capability. The pipeline is a project of common interest to the EU, funded by the Connecting Europe Facility, the presidential office said.

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