Kyriakos Mitsotakis is going to Zagreb today where he will have a series of meetings with the President, the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the Croatian Parliament.
Government sources say that the visit of the Greek Prime Minister and the meetings he will have in the Croatian capital mark the excellent level of bilateral relations and the desire to further strengthen them, as well as the close cooperation of Mr. Mitsotakis with his Croatian counterpart Andrei Plenko. European Council and within the European People’s Party.
It is recalled that Mr. Plenkovic had visited Greece and met with the Prime Minister at the Maximos Palace in September 2021 on the occasion of the MED9 Group Summit, to which Croatia also joined.
The two leaders have close co-operation at EU level, on issues on which they are co-ordinating, while Greece and Croatia, according to the same sources, have an understanding on a number of issues, such as Immigration and its attempt to instrumentalize it for political purposes.
After all, Mr. Plenkovi είχε had visited Evros in March 2020, together with the heads of the European institutions, as chairman of the European Council at that time. “We came to express our support and solidarity with the Greek government”, the Croatian Prime Minister had stressed at the time, emphasizing the need for a European solution to the Immigration, while thanking Kyriakos Mitsotakis “who changed Greece’s policy on border protection, that is, not to allow illegal immigration “. He also referred to statements by European Commission President Ursula von de Layen that “Greece is the shield, the borders of the EU. and the guarantor of stability for the whole of Europe. “
As regards bilateral cooperation, it is expected to discuss expanding and strengthening it in the fields of trade, energy, infrastructure and transport.
The agenda of economic extroversion is also a priority of the Prime Minister in his visits to the Balkans – the beginning was made last December by Bulgaria, followed by Serbia and Romania – in an area of ​​vital Greek interests, where the Greek presidency is sought. and Greek companies.
During the visit to Croatia, the European course of the Western Balkans is also expected to be discussed, a perspective that our country has always supported, especially in a difficult phase for the region.
The prime minister will also meet with President Zoran Milanovic and Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandrokovic.
The following is the full program of Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Zagreb:
At 11:00 Greek time, the Prime Minister will meet with the Prime Minister of Croatia, Andrej Plenkovi., At the Banski dvori Palace in Zagreb. The two leaders will then make statements to the press.
At 12:40 Kyriakos Mitsotakis will have a meeting with the Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, Gordan Jandrokovi., At the seat of the Croatian Parliament.
At 13:30, the Prime Minister will meet with the President of the Republic of Croatia, Zoran Milanovic.
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