en.Wedoany.com Reported - Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev stated that the new natural gas transmission route project, the "Vertical Gas Corridor," connecting Greece and Ukraine, is progressing smoothly, and the related energy infrastructure expansion is proceeding as planned.

Last year, the United States signed a long-term agreement aimed at countering Russian oil and gas influence in Southern Europe. Under the agreement, the U.S. exports liquefied natural gas to Greece, which is then transported via the so-called "Vertical Gas Corridor" through Bulgaria and Romania to Ukraine, with the route also supporting reverse gas flows.

Radev, in a joint statement with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Sofia, said Bulgaria is fulfilling its commitments. "The Vertical Corridor is being implemented as planned. The southern section in Bulgaria is completed, and the northern section is underway." Radev added that as part of the plan, Bulgaria is working to increase the capacity of the existing gas pipeline to Greece by 2 billion cubic meters, reaching 5 billion cubic meters.

Radev noted that Bulgaria is interested in participating in the management of the port of Kavala in northern Greece, as part of a plan for a Bulgaria-Greece rail freight corridor aimed at connecting northern Greek ports with Bulgaria's Black Sea and Danube River ports, thereby bypassing the Bosphorus Strait.

Mitsotakis pointed out that cooperation on the port primarily depends on private investors currently managing part of its operations, but a plan involving Greek investment in Bulgarian infrastructure could be feasible.

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