Better road and rail links between Greece and Bulgaria
Greece and Bulgaria have signed several memoranda of cooperation in the fields of transport. The MoUs include the Greece-Bulgaria cross-border rail traffic agreement. The deal will connect the cities of Kavala and Alexandroupoli in Greece with Burgas and Varna in Bulgaria by rail.
The two countries also plan to build major road networks, one of which will connect Alexandroupoli with Dimitrovgrad in Serbia, the other will upgrade the Nymfea-Makaza border crossing to allow trucks through.
The key Bulgaria-Greece border crossing links the Finnish capital Helsinki with the Greek port of Alexandroupolis via St. Petersburg, Kiev, Bucharest and Dimitrovgrad. The new connections will contribute towards creating "a new commercial significance of all Greek ports in the Aegean,” the Greek PM Mitsotakis said. (ben)