K. Skrekas in Sofia tomorrow for the regional Ministerial meeting on energy security

The Minister of Environment and Energy, Costas Skrekas, will travel to Sofia, Bulgaria, to participate tomorrow, Thursday, May 5th, in a wide-ranging regional Ministerial meeting on energy security, diversification of sources and routes of energy supply and green transition.

The ministerial meeting will be attended by, among others, the Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Kiril Petkov, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Assen Vassilev, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy of Serbia, Zorana Mihajlović, the Director General of the European Energy , the Minister of Energy of Bulgaria, Alexander Nikolov, the Minister of Energy of Romania, Virgil Daniel Popescu, the Minister of Energy of Azerbaijan, Parviz Shahbazov, the Minister of Energy of Ukraine, Herman Halushchenko, the Minister of Economy of Northern Macedonia, Kreshnik Bekteshi and the Deputy Minister of Energy of Turkey, Alparsan Bayraktar.

The Greek Minister will be accompanied by the Secretary General of Energy and Mineral Raw Materials, Alexandra Sdoukou, the CEO of DEPA Commerce, Costas Xifaras, the CEO of DESFA, Maria Rita Galli, the CEO of Ellinikos Hrymatos, Director of International Relations of IPTO, Giannis Kampouris.

Among the issues that will be discussed are the adequacy of gas supply of the countries participating in the Ministerial meeting, the completion of the integration of regional electricity markets and the implementation of projects that will help accelerate the green transition. In this context, the new gas trading platform of the Greek Energy Exchange and the benefits from the new electricity interconnection Greece – Bulgaria will be presented.