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Bulgarian and Greek transport ministers to sign an agreement in Komotini

Thu, Mar 12 2009 14:11 CET

byNick Iliev

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Bulgarian and Greek transport ministers to sign an agreement in Komotini

Bulgaria and Greece will hold a meeting in Komotini, Northern Greece, on March 12.  The respective delegations will be lead by the Bulgarian Minister of Transport Petar Mutafchiev and his Greek counterpart, Evripidis Styalianis, as reported by the Bulgarian National Radio, the BNR.

The meeting will commence at 11.30am Bulgarian time, after which the two countries are set to sign a  bilateral cross-border agreement.

Both countries are aiming to improve cross border transport, in particular to augment the potential of the existing railway transport infrastructure.

The document would facilitate the establishment of common border railway stations on  both sides of Bulgarian and Greek frontier, which will ease the procession of passengers and freight between Greece and Bulgaria along the railway infrastructure.

The contemplated improvements are also aimed at reducing the amount of time spent on  the cross border points and to ensure that in the future there will be no more stagnation along the border caused from blockades.

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