PM Borissov, Ministers discuss Bulgaria-Greece gas connection

The fourth meeting of the High Level Cooperation Council between the governments of Bulgaria and Greece began in Alexandroupolis on February 26.

The situation with the coronavirus will also be among the topics of the talks between the two governments. Two days ago at a meeting with EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs, Prime Minister Borissov stressed the need for a common European solution to counter the virus.

PM Boyko Borissov and delegation of 10 ministers were greeted with military honours at Alexandroupolis Airport.

Prime Ministers Borissov and Mitsotakis held a one-to-one meeting. The two last spoke in Thessaloniki last November.

The focus of today's talks is bilateral energy and infrastructure cooperation. Guaranteeing energy security and diversification of natural gas sources and routes is a top priority for the government, not only nationally but also regionally. That is why today we are talking about the gas connection Bulgaria-Greece, the liquefied gas terminal in Alexandroupolis, in which our country declared a 20% shareholding and the intermodal railway corridor "Thessaloniki-Kavala-Alexandroupolis-Bourgas-Varna-Rousse".

As part of the development of the Southern Gas Corridor, the Bulgaria-Greece interconnection will provide the region with access to alternative supplies from the Caspian region. The project is also important because of the possibility of importing natural gas from the existing and planned new LNG terminal in Greece.

The main gas suppliers to the Alexandroupolis terminal are expected to be companies that export liquefied natural gas, originating in the USA, Qatar, Algeria, Nigeria and other LNG producers.