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Trilateral Romania-Greece-Bulgaria on Thursday in Athens: The conflict in Ukraine, the energy crisis, the Western Balkans, among the topics

May 26, 2022

A trilateral reunion Romania-Greece-Bulgaria will take place in Athens on Thursday, at the initiative of the Greek deputy minister of foreign affairs Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, responsible for European Affairs, informs the ANA agency. Romania will be represented to the reunion by the state secretary for European Affairs Daniela Grigore Gitman, and the Bulgarian party will be represented by the deputy minister of foreign affairs Vasil Gheorghiev, according to the press release of the diplomacy in Athens.The agenda of the reunion includes the conflict in Ukraine, the energy crisis, the Western Balkans and their European perspective, the migration issue, the situation in Eastern Mediterranean and the relations with Turkey, says the Greek ministry of foreign affairs.

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