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 učesnicima sastanka u Solunu, zamenik pomoćnika američkog državnog sekretara Metju Brajza izrazio je podršku Vašingtona razvoju energetskog sektora u svim zemljama jugoistočne Evrope, a posebno naftovoda Burgas-Aleksandropolis koji će povezivati taj bugarski lučki grad na Crnom moru sa grčkom lukom u severoistočnom Egeju.