Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias met in Antalya, Turkey, today, on the margins of the Meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers, with Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov.
The two Ministers looked at the bilateral political and economic relations between the two countries, the prospects for joint initiatives aimed and ensuring regional stability and development, and preparations for the next Greek-Bulgarian-Romanian trilateral meeting.
Particular emphasis was put on matters of energy policy, as well as on the issue of environmental security, in particular with regard to cross-border management of the water of the Nestos river. Special reference was also made to the problem of Evros river overflow and the need for Greece and Bulgaria to develop a more effective early warning system.
Mr. Kotzias expressed his support for the efforts of Bulgaria – as well as those of Romania – to join the Schengen Space, and he accepted his Bulgarian counterpart’s invitation to carry out a visit to Sofia for a more detailed discussion of all of these issues.
May 14, 2015