Greece’s prime minister was just in Varna this week for a trilateral meeting with his Bulgarian and Romanian counterparts. Aside from the expected discussion around expanding their energy cooperation to further decouple the region from Russian energy sources, the three leaders also looked into a proposal by Greece that would see Ukrainian grain shipped across the three countries and exported through Greek ports of Thessaloniki and Alexandroupoli. Revecca Pedi, an associate professor of international relations at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss this Greek proposal that could help bring Ukrainian grain to market, break down what it could mean for northern Greece, and look more broadly at Greece’s increasingly important role in the region.

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