Bulgaria President: We Failed to Secure Energy Alternatives

Politics | January 16, 2009, Friday // 00:00
Bulgaria President: We Failed to Secure Alternatives: Bulgaria President: We Failed to Secure Energy Alternatives The Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov gave Friday his annual lecture focused on the country's national security. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)

The Bulgarian institutions reacted relatively quickly and adequately to the current gas crisis, the Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov stated Friday.

Parvanov is giving his annual lecture focused on the country's national security.

"But we have to admit, it is precisely this gas crisis that showed us we have done close to nothing during all those years of the transition to try finding alternatives for dealing with crisis situations.

Nothing has been done. We do not have any other pipe than the one from over 20 years ago. I am sorry, but we failed to screw in even one more bolt since the time of Todor Zhivkov.

And just because of that I do not accept the mentoring tone of those who were in power during the transition years, who had the opportunity to contribute to the creation of alternative possibilities," Parvanov stated.

The President's lecture is entitled "National Security in the Light of New Challenges" and is organized by the "Nikolay Dobrev" Institute and the Young Leaders Academy.

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