Some of the buyers are very serious. They are testing the waters, but not in our country. A conversation only about this asset is unlikely, because there are two more important things before that - what will happen at the meetings in Switzerland about the war and whether there will be an agreement. This was stated by former Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov in the program "Face to Face" on BTV.
In his words, "Lukoil" is the most important economic structure in our country.
There is a lot of talk about the assets of "Lukoil", and the level of our political class is shocking. At this time, we are hurling insults at each other. Normal people who want to work have no political representation. Things are getting sadder every day, he explained.
Bulgaria is the most key location for the EU at the moment. It is a gateway from the East to the West. It is a natural balancer in the Balkans, which has gas storage. We were an exporter of electricity, while now we are importing. We are not developing our asset and so we are lagging behind other countries in the Balkans, said the former energy minister.
A huge problem has led us to see again the degree of incompetence in decision-making. If you create a solution to prevent a crisis, and then delay it, you should cancel it. There were people in the refinery and on the market who were very prepared, but a person was appointed who will have to decide for himself, commented Nikolov, referring to the appointment of Rumen Spetsov as a special manager of “Lukoil“.
In his words, either the budget has suffered, or fuel exports have not stopped - let them choose a hypothesis. Currently, Bulgaria is losing 4 billion, if the causes promulgated in the “State Gazette“ are followed.