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Caretaker government signs contract for East-West energy corridor feasibility study

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A contract between the US Trade and Development Agency and the Electric Power System Operator for the feasibility study for the East-West Energy Corridor was signed at the Council of Ministers. 

The funding, amounting to USD 1.2 million, is under a grant. Acting Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov pointed out that this is another successful stage in the fruitful cooperation and development of the relationship between Bulgaria and the US, which is achieving an increase in energy security, not only for Bulgaria, but for the entire region in real time. 

For his part, the caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev noted that "for Bulgaria this cooperation is key in the energy sphere and "will also help the implementation of the green transformation".



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