8 Feb 2012 14:57

Bulgaria pays off debt for Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline - Shmatko

PERM. Feb 8 (Interfax) - Bulgaria has paid off its debt for the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko told journalists.

"They paid the money that they were supposed to pay," he said.

At the same time, it is out of the question to discuss the prospects for resuscitating the project or beginning active work in the near future, he added.