Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS

Athens, 4 September: The presidents of Russia and Bulgaria and the Greek prime minister have adopted a declaration on cooperation in the sphere of energy. "The sides have adopted an obligation to speed up the procedures necessary to set up an international project company and sign an intergovernmental agreement to support the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline construction project by the end of this year," the document says.

The declaration also says that "the sides have agreed to stipulate in an appropriate intergovernmental accord the necessary conditions for the parties to the project".