Osmani – Donev: Economic cooperation and joint handling of energy crisis
Skopje, 8 November 2022 (MIA) – As part of his visit to Sofia, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani met Tuesday with the Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Galab Donev. Overall relations and cooperation between the two countries were the topic of the meeting, with a focus on economic cooperation and readiness for mutual handling of the effects of the energy crisis, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release.
Osmani and Donev expressed their satisfaction that two key events happened just in the past week – the beginning of construction on the eastern section of the Corridor 8 railway and the signing of the intersystem connection agreement for gas supply and distribution at the Kyustendil – Zhidilovo interconnection point, which clearly demonstrate the commitment of both governments to realize the concrete projects which will connect the two countries and represent a contribution to the common efforts of European countries to adequately tackle the current challenges.
“Additionally, they expressed their satisfaction and exchanged concrete proposals for a successful realization of the upcoming Business Forum, that the two countries are planning to hold in December and which is expected to bring about concrete benefits to the citizens of both country, in terms of economic cooperation,” said the MFA in the press release. ad/nn/