Greek, Bulgarian leaders agree to speed up collaboration in energy and transport

Greece and Bulgaria agreed on Thursday to boost and speed up collaboration in interconnectivity - particularly in energy and transport.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov discussed collaboration in renewable energy, as well as the development of the vertical corridor that paves the way for flows of natural gas from South to North during a meeting in Athens.

The two leaders also reviewed their bilateral relations and the progress of collaboration in a series of sectors of joint interest, particularly the Greek-Bulgarian connectivity of road and rail networks. 

Mitsotakis congratulated his Bulgarian counterpart for his country's inclusion in the Schengen Area and underlined that he looks forward to Schengen's full application, "including the land borders, which are naturally so important for our bilateral...