Pipeliners

30.09.2005 SKRIN - News - Key Ministers of Russia and Greece will discussed outlooks of Burgas-Aleksandrupolis oil pipeline at the intergovernmental Russian-Greek Commission to be held on 27-30 September in Moscow. According to Evripidis Stilianidis, Greece Minister of foreigner affairs, this meeting is sequential political initiative adopted by the Greek government in the Black Sea region, particularly in Russia, in the course of the official visit of Kostas Karamanlis, Greece Prime Minister, to Russia and his meeting with the President Vladimir Putin.
This oil pipeline is a pipeline of a very strategic importance for all countries participated, deputy Minister emphasized. This is additional decision with regard to the Black Sea's straights. Not to dictate the competitiveness to straights but to sufficiently unload and protect them is the aim of this pipeline. This project is very helpful for the environment and it decreases possibility of accidents and therefore straights pollution. It very profitable and efficient since secures safety, quickness and cheapness of oil transportation from Russia, the Black and Caspian Seas' basin to the West market, according to www.Transneft.Ru