MOSCOW, May 26. /TASS/. Bulgaria could have cheap electricity and many economic advantages, but sanctions against Russia and the European Commission’s policies are blocking this, Angel Georgiev, a member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria, said in an interview with TASS.
"Our goal is to turn Bulgaria into a bridge between East and West. We can become a global hub, in trade, logistics, thanks to our geographic location. We have many advantages that are currently blocked only because of the European Commission’s wrong decisions. For example, Bulgaria could have cheaper electricity, the foundation of the economy, but our electricity prices are much higher precisely because of the European Commission’s so-called green policy and anti-Russian sanctions," he said.
In Bulgaria, there’s an unfinished nuclear power plant on the Danube River in the city of Belene, Georgiev added. "It was originally a Russian project. No reactors were installed there. We must do this using Russian technology so that they operate and produce cheap electricity. And that’s our mission. It was a Rosatom project," he said, adding that previous governments "decided to replace them with American reactors, paying huge sums for them."
