Rosencho did not want Russian investments – they broke up with Tomislav Donchev –

/ world today news/ President Rosen Plevneliev and Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev were welcomed at the forum by Sarah Reilly, acting ambassador of Great Britain in our country. The two differed in their assessments of Russian investments in our country.

President Rosen Plevneliev invited British companies to the gas sector, but slammed the door on Russian capital in our country. This happened at a business forum in Sofia in front of representatives of 50 companies from the United Kingdom.

“We will be happy if British companies show interest in the new natural gas fields in the Black Sea. We will provide the best conditions for concessions,” Plevneliev said. A little later he surprisingly announced: “We would love to have more British investment. We don’t want Russian investment.”

So far, the president has not come out firmly against Russian capital in the country. On the contrary – at the end of January this year in an interview with the Czech newspaper “Lidove Novy” he stated: “Regarding Russia, we leave the door open. We always welcome Russian investments, but they must comply with EU legal norms.”

Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev was also present at the forum yesterday, from whose words it became clear that Russia is not such an unwanted partner: “Bulgaria can turn out to be a key distribution center for natural gas in the region. Raw material from 5 different sources is outlined – from local extraction, from the existing pipeline from Russia, from Romania, which is expected to start exporting, from the Caspian region through the TANAP gas pipeline and the interconnection with Greece. A Russian pipeline under the Black Sea that will reach Bulgaria is also a perfectly real hypothesis, but it is not a question of “South Stream”.

Rosen Plevneliev boasted to British businessmen that eight out of every ten cars in Europe have parts produced in Bulgaria. This includes Mini Cooper, BMW 5th and 7th series. Within a few weeks, “Audi” will begin the construction of a plant for auto parts in our country, he recalled.

According to the president, there is great potential for attracting investments from Great Britain in sectors such as information technology, construction and infrastructure, building installations, healthcare.