site.btaParliament Holds Hearing on BOTAS Deal

There was no pressure from President Rumen Radev to sign the contract of natgas supplier Bulgargaz with the Turkish energy company BOTAS, it transpired Thursday at a hearing in Parliament of Rossen Hristov, caretaker energy minister in 2022, Vladimir Malinov, executive director of gas operator Bulgartransgaz, and Deniza Slateva, former executive director of Bulgargaz, who headed the company when the contract was signed