Papastavrou – Chris Wright: Strengthening Greece–US Energy Cooperation and Advancing the Vertical Corridor

Strategic gathering successful New York focuses connected reducing dependence connected Russian gas, expanding LNG flows, and enhancing stableness successful Eastern Europe.

At the Atlantic Council in New York, Greek Minister of Environment and Energy, Stavros Papastavrou, held a bilateral gathering with U.S. Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, aimed astatine reinforcing strategical vigor practice betwixt Greece and the United States.

The treatment focused connected the cognition of the Vertical Corridor, the decoupling from Russian gas, and the gradual summation of U.S. LNG supplies to Greece and the wider region. Minister Papastavrou emphasized that 81% of Greece’s LNG imports in the archetypal fractional of 2025 came from the United States, astir treble the magnitude from the aforesaid play successful 2024, positioning Greece arsenic a reliable hub for U.S. vigor successful Europe.

He highlighted that the infrastructure at Revythoussa and Alexandroupolis (FSRU), combined with the Greece–Bulgaria Interconnector and the Vertical Corridor, importantly enhances determination vigor security. “These infrastructures alteration U.S. LNG to travel not lone to Southeastern Europe but besides to Moldova and Ukraine, offering stableness and prospects successful an unstable planetary environment,” he noted.

During the Atlantic Council event, Papastavrou participated successful a high-level sheet with starring European and planetary vigor ministers, including Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General for Energy, EU), Margus Tsahkna (Estonia), Oleksii Sobolev (Ukraine), Zhecho Stankov (Bulgaria), and Bogdan Gruia Ivan (Romania), further strengthening transatlantic vigor cooperation.

Additionally, some ministers agreed to see strategical topics specified as energy collaboration, LNG infrastructure development, and the 3+1 initiative with the summation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) issues on the docket of the Transatlantic Energy Cooperation (P-TEC), scheduled successful Athens connected November 6–7, with the U.S. Secretary of Energy successful attendance.

The treatment besides covered the improvement of Greece’s hydrocarbons sector, focusing connected the upcoming grant of the planetary tender to the Chevron – Helleniq Energy consortium. Papastavrou besides held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Romania and Bulgaria, and is scheduled to conscionable contiguous with Michael Kratsios, U.S. Presidential Science and Technology Advisor.

Through this strategical agenda, Greece is establishing itself arsenic a pillar of vigor stableness and cooperation in Southeastern Europe, reducing reliance connected Russian state and strengthening the transatlantic confederation successful the captious vigor sector.

Source: pagenews.gr

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