Bulgaria, hard hit by a Kiev-Moscow gas row, will start importing up to 2.5 million cubic metres of gas per day from Greece on Monday, the Bulgarian economy ministry said.
The two countries' gas companies reached an agreement earlier on Monday and Bulgaria will receive gas from Greece for a period of seven days, which could be shortened or extended, the ministry said in a statement.
"At 16.00 (1400 GMT) today, the gradual gas deliveries from Greece to Bulgaria begin," the statement said.
The gas will come from a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal near Athens and be shipped through the transit pipeline which usually carries Russian gas to the Balkans, said Atanas Saikov, who is on a special crisis council at the economy ministry.
Bulgaria, almost fully dependent on Russian gas, has been left without any deliveries since Jan. 6 and is under pressure to secure supplies as its stocks are running out, dozens of factories have shut down and anger among Bulgarians is mounting.
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