The trilateral agreement between Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania on the Aegean–Black Sea Corridor, a strategic rail and road axis linking the three countries via Alexandroupolis, was signed today in Brussels. The agreement was signed by the Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, Apostolos Tzitzikostas; the Greek Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Konstantinos Kyranakis; the Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Grozdan Karadzov; and the Romanian Deputy Minister of Transport, Ionut Christian Sevoiu. It marks the strengthening of cross-border cooperation and the launch of a project of high geopolitical and economic importance for the region.

The European Commission’s Energy Commissioner, Dan Jοrgensen, has sent a clear and unmistakable message regarding the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), the electricity cable linking Greece and Cyprus: no new studies are required for the project to move forward.