Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-07-02
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[01] Electricity agreement signed
[01] Electricity agreement signed
A bilateral agreement that will allow Greece and Turkey to trade in
electricity was signed in Istanbul on Wednesday by Greek Development
Minister Christos Folias and Turkey's Energy and Natural Resources
Minister Mehmet Hilmi Guler. Folias also had a meeting with Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who attended the signature of the
agreement.
"This is the second agreement between us since the pipeline went into
operation and this is proof that there is a very great potential for
cooperation," the minister noted in his statements.
Folias underlined that Greece occupies a key position for energy
security and expressed his pleasure at being able to discuss important
energy plans linking Greece and Turkey with the Turkish premier and
Guler.
The Greek minister is visiting Istanbul in order to attend the 5th
International Energy Forum on "Energy Innovations for Sustainable
Development".
"The Greek-Turkish pipeline is an act of cooperation and friendship
between our two countries that serves as a single conduit for
transferring natural gas from the countries of Asia and the Middle East
via Turkey and Greece to Italy and the rest of Europe," Folias said
during the forum, noting that the pipeline's inauguration last year had
"sealed a new era of cooperation between Greece and Turkey".
While in Istanbul, Folias was also received by Ecumenical Patriarch
Bartholomew, who outlined the results of his successful visit to the
Vatican over the weekend.
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