Greek President Konstantinos Tasoulas and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held an informal conversation on the sidelines of the Three Seas Summit in Dubrovnik earlier this week, according to ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ.

The exchange, which took place at the Dubrovnik Palace Hotel, was relaxed in tone. Czech President Petr Pavel and several other leaders joined at various points. Discussion focused largely on the Iran US Israel war and its implications for regional energy markets, a fitting topic for a forum dedicated to the energy security of Central and Eastern European states.

Greece has a particular stake in that agenda. Alexandroupolis, a port city in northeastern Greece, has become an important hub for LNG imports into southeastern Europe. Athens is also pursuing a series of energy interconnection projects with Israel, Cyprus and Egypt, covering both undersea cables and natural gas infrastructure. And Turkey has been following those developments with interest.

Tasoulas was accompanied by Deputy Foreign Minister Haris Theoharis and Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou, who has been pushing both the Vertical Corridor and offshore exploration in Greece

Earlier, on the margins of the same summit, Tasoulas also met briefly with Montenegrin President Jakov Milatović over lunch at the hotel’s seafront restaurant.