Bulgaria to import 1 Bcm of gas from Azerbaijan from 2010
Bulgarian prime minister Sergei Stanishev signed an agreement with Azerbaijani president import 1 Bcm/y of Azeri gas from 2010. The deal was signed in Budapest prior to the opening of the Nabucco pipeline 'summit' which aims to secure a firm inter-governmental agreement between the proposed transit states as well as direct European Union (EU) funding for the project (see Gas Matters Today, January 26 and January 23).