The Greek parliament ratified the agreement between the governments of Russia, Bulgaria and Greece for cooperation in the construction and exploitation of the oil pipeline Bourgas-Alexandroupolis.

As ITAR-TASS has confirmed, in the Greek parliament the MPs from the ruling right-centrist party “New democracy” and from the main opposition party “The Panhellenic Socialist Movement” (PASOK) gave their vote “for” the agreement.

“Against” voted the MPs from the Greek communist party and the small opposition coalition of the left and the green parties.

The “New democracy party” has 164 seats of 300-seat parliament, PASOK – 114, the Communist party has only 12 and the coalition left parties – 6. There are also 4 independent MPs.

The Greek Minister of development Dimitris Sioufas in a statement before the parliament emphasized that the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis agreement turns Greece into a energy hub of the region.

According to Sioufas the agreement is the collective result of the work of the Greek ministries of development and foreign affairs, which have continued the efforts of the previous government.

The agreement should be ratified by the parliaments of the three signatory countries. The Greek parliament was the first one to do it.

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