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By December 2025 the Black Sea Submarine Cable Project had entered a new technical phase in which geophysical studies of the Black Sea seabed for the interconnector route between Georgia and Romania were under way. Deputy Economy Minister Inga Pkhaladze noted that these seabed surveys, requiring specialised vessels capable of operating in the Black Sea, form a core part of the project’s preparatory work financed under the ESPIRE program.