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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-02-23

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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  • [01] Athens condemns latest round of violence in Iraq
  • [02] Greece, Bulgaria to build new electricity transmission line

  • [01] Athens condemns latest round of violence in Iraq

    Greece on Thursday sternly condemned the bombing of a well-known Shi'ite mosque in the central Iraqi city of Samarra on Wednesday as well as subsequent attacks on other places of worship in the country.

    In a released statement, foreign ministry spokesman George Koumoutsakos also referred to a "criminal attack against the world's cultural heritage".

    "Such criminal actions result in the rekindling of ethnic tension and the undermining of prospects for achieving peace and stability in the country and the region. We again reiterate our support for the formation of a truly representative (Iraqi) government that will struggle for the building of a peaceful, prosperous and united Iraq," he stated.

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    [02] Greece, Bulgaria to build new electricity transmission line

    Greece and Bulgaria are to build a new electricity transmission line between the two countries.

    The 400-kilowatt, two-way line will supplement an earlier facility built in 1970, Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas said on Thursday.

    He was speaking after a meeting in Athens with the neighbouring country's energy and finance minister, Rumen Ovcharov.

    The two sides also agreed to accelerate cooperation in a project for construction of a pipeline to carry Russian oil through Bulgaria to Greece before talks in Athens between the three sides. The next step in the process is to found an international company to build and operate the pipeline.

    The Greek side also said that Athens-quoted Public Power Corporation would be interested in cooperation in Bulgaria and establishing a presence there in the wake of its proposal to buy the Bobov Dol power station, awaiting a ruling from a Bulgarian court.

    "PPC's presence in the entire region, starting from this proposal of an exceptionally large investment topping 100 million euros, would further link not only the two countries' electricity systems, but also lead to closer ties in a sector that would determine the level of cooperation, growth and peace in the region as part of the southeast European energy community," Sioufas said.

    Ovcharov informed Sioufas that Bulgaria would no longer be able to export as much electricity as last year's figure of over eight billion kilowatt hours. Three billion of the total were purchased by Greece.

    The meeting between the two ministers was attended by the Bulgarian ambassador in Athens, Stefan Stoyanov.

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