Boiko Borisov commented on the fuel situation and Bulgaria's position on fuel supplies while he was inspecting the vertical gas corridor near Varna. He again commented on the contract with "Botas", but stated that things are entirely in Erdogan's hands.
Boiko Borisov, leader of GERB: "We are completely independent. But independence also comes from being an important player. And when the world is now trembling about the price of gas and oil, the one who owns gas and oil pipes, corridors, and I don't know if you know, eighty percent of the pumping stations on the Balkan Peninsula are in Bulgaria. Erdogan is a big player. Now we are paying 600 thousand euros to the Turkish genzits and the Turks are generously telling the current caretaker minister Traycho Traykov to renegotiate "Botas".