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Italy, Albania, Greece to sign TAP gas line accord Feb 13

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Feb 2 (Reuters) - Greece, Italy and Albania will sign on Feb. 13 in Athens an agreement that seals their support for a natural gas pipeline project to cross their territories, a spokesman for Greece's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

The intergovernmental agreement is a condition to build the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), a project to link Azerbaijan's giant Shah Deniz II field with the three countries and beyond to western Europe.

"The agreement will be signed on Feb. 13 in Athens," the spokesman said. A TAP source confirmed the date.

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