UPDATE There hasn't been any official invitation from Russian company Gazprom to Romanuan company Transgaz for the latter to take part in South Stream, Gazprom Export sources close to South Stream told HotNews.ro. The quoted sources confirm Romanian state secretary Tudor Serban's declarations made on Friday and contradict Romanian Economy Minister Adriean Videanu. The latter had officially announced last week that, after the visit of a Russian delegation in Bucharest, that Transgaz received Gazprom's invitation to take part in the Russian protest.
The Russian sources made it clear that Transgas did not receive any invitation of taking part in the South Stream project and told that Russian company representatives proposed during discussions in Bucharest to analyse the possibility of building a gas pipe in Romania, should the future feasibility study prove such a project is viable.
In a press conference three days after his meeting with Gazprom representatives, Romanian Economy minister Adriean Videanu said :" Medvedev handed me the invitation, which I have passed on to Transgaz in order to contribute to south Stream. We will make available to Gazprom all the necessary data for their studies." HotNews.ro sources disagreed this information made public by the Romanian minister.
Romania has not received any official invitation to join energy project South Stream, Romanian state secretary in the Economy Minister Tudor Serban told RFI reporters.
Economy minister Adriean Videanu recently announced that Romania has been invited by Gazprom to contribute to South Stream. Serban said that South Stream has the necessary gas supplies, while Nabucco doesn't and needs to find them. Romania has a joint energy project with Azerbaidjan and Georgia, which will get Romania to give gas to Hungary and Bulgaria, Tudor Serban added.
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