The roadmap for the sustainability and implementation path of the plan for the new Greek-Bulgarian oil pipeline Alexandroupolis – Burgas, was the subject of the meeting held at the Ministry of Environment and Energy and in which the Minister of PEN, Kostas Skrekas and his Bulgarian counterpart, Rosen Christof, participated with their staffs. The establishment of the working group was foreseen in the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two ministers at the Maximos Palace on February 16, 2023, in the presence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the President of Bulgaria, Ruben Radev.

The two ministers agreed that the pipeline has a long way to go geostrategic importance for both countries, as it establishes them as poles of stability and security throughout Southeast Europe. This is a project that will contribute to Bulgaria’s independence from Russian oil, but also to its transformation Alexandroupolis in an energy center. At the same time, the issue of setting up a special purpose company, which is going to undertake the feasibility study related to the project, was also mentioned in the meeting.

Finally, the two ministers underlined the excellent level of relations between the two countries at the energy level, especially in a period like the one we are going through with the consequences of the energy crisis having affected the citizens of both Greece and Bulgaria. After the meeting, the Greek Minister of Environment and Energy made the following statement: “In today’s uncertainty, we respond with an enhanced and multidimensional energy cooperation on two axes. With a common vision of the well-being of our citizens, we are consolidating Greece and Bulgaria as poles of stability and security in the whole of Southeast Europe, constantly deepening our strategic cooperation in the energy sector.”