Addressing the Thessaloniki meeting, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza expressed Washington's support for the development of the energy sector in the SEE countries as a whole, and particularly for the Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline, which will link the respective Bulgarian Black Sea port city with the Greek port in the northeastern Aegean.
Obraćajući se sudionicima sastanka u Solunu, zamjenik pomoćnika američkog državnog tajnika Matthew Bryza izrazio je potporu Washingtona razvitku energetskog sektora u svim zemljama SEE, a posebice naftovoda Burgas-Alexandroupolis, koji će povezivati taj bugarski lučki grad na Crnom moru s grčkom lukom u sjeveroistočnom Egeju.