Bulgaria to buy 20pc stake in greek LNG terminal.

Bulgaria will buy a 20 percent stake in a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal off northern Greece as it works to move away from its almost complete dependence on gas from Russia, the government said on Wednesday. The United States and Qatar are expected to be the main suppliers of LNG for the facility.

"The diversification is not just words," Prime Minister Boyko Borissov quoted saying to reporters at the opening of the first session of the US-Bulgaria strategic dialogue. He said Bulgaria's stake in the gas terminal would be the same as that of Greece's state energy company DEPA.

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