Does this look like a threat? Bulgarians reply - there's not enough gas for Serbia, now or later

It is unlikely that gas supplies to Serbia and Hungary to be delivered via the TurkStream pipeline will be enough, Bulgarian energy expert Hristo Kazandzhiev has said.

"Deliveries along the second arm seem to be very problematic. It is unlikely that natural gas deliveries via Balkan Stream will be realized in the near future. Nor in the distant future, I suppose," said Kazandzhiev, Sputnik reported.

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He also spoke about Russian President Vladimir Putin's statement that Bulgaria was deliberately delaying the construction of the the TurkStream gas pipeline in its territory. Kazandzhiev said that in this case it was also necessary to recall the situation associated with the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline, because the Russian president was making similar statements before Moscow gave up on South Stream.

"This reminds me very much of the scenario that happened with the South Stream project. Remember that after a similar statement, the project was terminated. The clouds are piling up, in a threatening way," Kazandzhiyev told TV+1.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, as we reported, said in Sochi that Bulgaria was deliberately delaying the construction of TurkStream in its territory.

The TurkStream project involves the construction of two arms of the pipeline with a capacity of 15.57 billion cubic meters each.

The first arm is intended to supply gas to Turkish consumers, while the second arm is intended to supply southern and south-eastern European countries. The entire project should be completed in May 2021.

(Telegraf Biznis/Tanjug)