By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday paid a brief visit to Greece, during which the two countries signed a natural gas agreement, as per media reports.
According to the Greek official news agency AMNA, the letter of intent between Greece’s DEPA Commercial and Ukraine’s Naftogaz will enable the transport of American liquefied natural gas to Ukraine through the so-called Vertical Corridor from December 2025 to March 2026, media reported.
The agreement was signed in Athens in the presence of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Zelensky, it stated.
Mitsotakis said the deal would provide Ukraine with “diversified and reliable energy sources,” noted that Greece has become an important hub for gas flows to Central and Eastern Europe.
Zelensky said on social media after meeting the Greek premier in Athens “I am grateful to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to the team, to the companies, and to everyone who is helping to make such agreements possible and to ensure we can implement them”.
He expressed gratitude for Greece’s “continuous, substantive and multifaceted support.
Zelenskyy noted that Ukraine faces daily attacks on critical infrastructure.
He thanked Greece and the US for their role in the energy agreements and urged continued pressure on Russia, stated that “Russia deserves further sanctions and we are very pleased with Greece, which supports our initiatives to return abducted children and prisoners of war.”
Both leaders also discussed reconstruction efforts in Ukraine, defence cooperation and Euro-Atlantic integration, during their meeting.
