Prime Minister George Papandreou is to head a government delegation to Sofia this month to discuss the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline, Deputy Environment, Energy and Climate Change Minister Yiannis Maniatis told MPs in Parliament while briefing them on a bill regulating issues relating to the planned pipeline.
Maniatis made the statement to Parliament’s Production and Trade Committee on Thursday, announcing that the Greek side intended a series of diplomatic initiatives toward the Bulgarian side, which recently announced its decision to bow out of the agreement for the pipeline’s construction.
The deputy minister said the construction of the oil pipeline remains a top priority for the government’s foreign policy in energy, listing a number of advantages from its construction.
(source: ana-mpa)
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