Thursday, October 22, 2015

Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Daniel Mitov paid an official visit to Greece on Wednesday, October 21, at the invitation of his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias.

At a press conference following their meeting, the two foreign ministers made joint statements and responded to questions from the press. Kotzias expressed Greece’s support for Bulgaria’s accession to Schengen, identifying the Syria crisis, the refugee issue and Balkan co-operation as key areas of bilateral collaboration. On energy issues, Mitov remarked that “the interconnection between Greece and Bulgaria is probably the most important  link of the European Energy Union”, stressing that Bulgaria “very much counts on the south gas corridor, on the plans for building LNG (liquefied natural gas) terminals here, and on the future construction of the IGB Pipeline (Greece-Bulgaria Gas Interconnector)”.

The President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos received Miton at the presidential mansion, where they discussed the further strengthening of relations between Greece and Bulgaria and their cooperation on the refugee issue. Pavlopoulos stressed the need for the two countries to cooperate in seeking a resolution to the conflict in the Middle East, and particularly in Syria.