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Close Window Secretary Bodman and Greek Minister of Energy Christos Folias shake hands. Behind them stand Greek Parliament President Dimitris Sioufas, right, and Deputy Foreign Minister Petros Doukas.
Secretary Bodman and Greek Minister of Energy Christos Folias shake hands. Behind them stand Greek Parliament President Dimitris Sioufas, right, and Deputy Foreign Minister Petros Doukas.
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Secretary Bodman and Greek Minister of Energy Christos Folias shake hands. Behind them stand Greek Parliament President Dimitris Sioufas, right, and Deputy Foreign Minister Petros Doukas.
Secretary Bodman and Greek Minister of Energy Christos Folias shake hands. Behind them stand Greek Parliament President Dimitris Sioufas, right, and Deputy Foreign Minister Petros Doukas.

U.S. Energy Secretary Attends Inaugural Ceremony of the Turkey-Greece-Italy Gas Interconnector

On Sunday, November 18, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman and U.S. Ambassador to Greece Daniel Speckhard traveled to the Greek-Turkish border for the inauguration ceremony of the Turkey-Greece-Italy natural gas inter-connector. Greek Prime Minister Karamanlis, Turkish PM Erdogan, and Azerbaijan President Aliyev were in attendance. Secretary Bodman offered his congratulations on a pipeline that represents the first link between Azerbaijan and Caspian gas suppliers to European consumers: “I want to pay special tribute to the Turkish and Greek people for the cooperation they have shown in this project,” he said.
On Sunday, November 18, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman and U.S. Ambassador to Greece Daniel Speckhard traveled to the Greek-Turkish border for the inauguration ceremony of the Turkey-Greece-Italy natural gas inter-connector. Greek Prime Minister Karamanlis, Turkish PM Erdogan, and Azerbaijan President Aliyev were in attendance. Secretary Bodman offered his congratulations on a pipeline that represents the first link between Azerbaijan and Caspian gas suppliers to European consumers: “I want to pay special tribute to the Turkish and Greek people for the cooperation they have shown in this project,” he said.