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In recent years, Bulgaria and Greece have raised bilateral cooperation in the development of energy and infrastructure connectivity to a new level. This was the common position of the presidents of the two countries, Rumen Radev and Konstantinos Tasoulas, who held a meeting today within the framework of the Delphi Economic Forum. The two agreed that Bulgaria and Greece share a common mission to strengthen stability in the Balkans and stimulate their economic development.

 

President Tasoulas highlighted the importance of the project for the construction of a multimodal transport corridor connecting Greek ports in the Aegean Sea with the Bulgarian ports of Burgas, Varna and Ruse. In this regard, President Radev expressed our country's interest in participating in the management of the ports of Alexandroupolis and Kavala.

 

Bulgaria and Greece today are an example of a strategic partnership, which can be a model for the development of our neighbours in the Balkans, Radev stressed. The Bulgarian head of state expressed his gratitude to his Greek counterpart for the support our country received for joining the Schengen land area adding that this, in turn, will contribute to a subsequent increase in the exchange of people, goods and services.

 

Rumen Radev also noted that the two countries have reached a level in their bilateral partnership that opens up qualitatively new opportunities such as expanding the infrastructure for the transmission of energy resources from South to North, as well as the joint construction of large data centres and gigafactories for artificial intelligence.

 

During the meeting, Konstantinos Tasoulas stressed the importance for the Greek side of reaching a bilateral agreement on the waters of the Arda River in connection with the upcoming irrigation season in Greece. President Radev expressed Bulgaria's readiness to approach this issue constructively in the spirit of the strategic relations between the two countries and respect for their interests.

 

 

Bulgaria is increasingly visible on the German investment map and ever more attractive to German companies, many of which reinvest their profits and export research and development centres to our country. This was stated by President Rumen Radev during a meeting in Sofia with the leadership of the Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade (BWA).

The Bulgarian head of state emphasised the importance of global efforts to counter terrorism, while expressing concern about the escalation of tension in the Middle East following the Israeli air strike on the Qatari capital, Doha. Hundreds of our compatriots live and work in the Qatari capital.

Connectivity between the countries in Southeast Europe is important not only for their economic development, but is also a factor in NATO's collective security in the region, the president emphasises during a meeting with NATO's Deputy Secretary General

President Rumen Radev holds a meeting in Berlin with his counterpart, the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier