Mitsotakis from the TIF stands: We have protected jobs, good news is coming from the primary sector

The prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, addressed a big thank you to the people of the Fire Department and to all the state agencies that fought this year’s fires in the country, during his visit to the Fire Service stand in 86th TEF.

There, he was received by the Minister of Civil Protection, Evripidis Stylianidis, whom the Prime Minister congratulated for the prevention and response in the field of fire protection.

“Last year when the country was hit by the devastating fires of August 2021, I made a commitment that we would take a hard assessment of our weaknesses and proceed with a substantial realignment of forces. We recruited the main Minister, the main Deputy Minister to create a new Ministry of Civil Protection and Climate Crisis. And I believe that to all well-intentioned Greek citizens, the results of this work are already visible“, said Mr. Mitsotakis and continued:

“The fact that we’ve had a lot more aerial vehicles and we’ve never heard from anyone complaining this year where are the planes, where are the helicopters, it’s all down to the hard work you’ve done. And of course we don’t stop there. First of all the period is not over yet, we remain vigilant. But it is a very good proof that we are able, as a State, to keep getting better. To recognize with courage, honestly our mistakes and move forward».

“And of course we don’t stop there. First of all the period is not over yet, we remain vigilant. But it is a very good proof that we are able, as a State, to keep getting better. To recognize with courage, honestly our mistakes and move forward. Climate change is a reality and the country’s preparation against diverse crises and extreme weather events should be increasingly intense, increasingly organized“, the prime minister emphasized.

The prime minister also said that just as other countries contributed to the fires in Greece last year, this year our country was the one that sent firefighting aircraft to France and Portugal that were tested by very large forest fires.

“The professional who steals from the state, steals from all Greek taxpayers”

During the Prime Minister’s tour of the stands and areas of the 86th TIF, one of the stops was the stand of the Independent Public Revenue Authority, where the new application for non-issuance of receipts “Appodixi” was presented to him by the governor, Giorgos Pitsilis.

“The professional who steals from the state, ultimately steals from all Greek taxpayers,” said the prime minister, adding that “if you steal from the state, we now have the tools to find you. And we will do it, because this is the socially responsible attitude so that some do not profit at the expense of the citizens.”

He entered a simulator of the F-15 fighter

At the stand of the Ministry of National Defense he was welcomed by the minister, Nikos Panagiotopoulos, and the deputy minister, Nikos Hardalias, and during his tour, the prime minister entered the simulator of the F-35 fighter, one of the biggest attractions of this year’s exhibition.

Mr. Mitsotakis was informed about the other simulators present in the same booth, the Rafale and the Sikorsky helicopter, while he saw the mockups of the new FDI HN frigates “Belharra” and the new MH-60R “Romeo” anti-submarine warfare helicopters.

“We will have good news for the primary sector”

“We will have good news for the primary sector this evening. You will have a little patience to listen to what I have to say in my speech” announced Mr. Mitsotakis during a conversation he had with three young people involved in the primary sector, during his visit to the stand of the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food, in the presence of and the minister Giorgos Georgantas.

“You are three very good examples of how we envision the primary sector of the future with products that will be based on quality and can be exported abroad and bring a good income to the country for you and for the entire Greek economy,” he told them. Prime Minister.

“We protected jobs, we supported businesses”

Earlier, the prime minister addressed the Annual General Assembly of the Central Union of Chambers of Greece, where he emphasized: “Our government was completely justified. We protected jobs. We supported businesses, that’s why we have this remarkable reduction in unemployment and that’s why businesses today are at the forefront of the growth dynamics of the Greek economy.”

“I know very well that all businesses face major issues with the cost of energy. Suffice it to say that gas prices have increased tenfold from the levels they were 2 years ago. It is a global reality that we have to face. We have already built a network of protection for Greek society at the national level and of course we always expect further European support in order to be able to relieve households and businesses in this way. I also want to emphasize that in this consultation process with the European Union, Greece has been a pioneer and the Greek mechanism for recovering excess revenues from energy producers is currently the model on which the proposals of the European Commission will be built in order to be adopted by all member states”, the prime minister added, among other things.

At the stand – a tribute to the 100 years of the Asia Minor Disaster

Mr. Mitsotakis visited the stand presenting the anniversary tribute for the 100th anniversary of the Asia Minor Disaster and was welcomed there by the mayor of Thessaloniki, Konstantinos Zervas, together with the mayor of Athens, Costas Bakoyannis.

Mr. Mitsotakis was given a guided tour and watched an excerpt from the documentary about the Asia Minor disaster, as well as a one-act play by the writer Giorgos Manos, where a woman lives the last days of the Greeks’ stay in Smyrna.

At the UAE booth

The stand of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), an honored country at this year’s TIF, was additionally visited by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, at noon, as part of his visit to the Thessaloniki International Fair.

The prime minister had the opportunity to watch traditional UAE dances at the entrance of pavilion 13, where the UAE exhibitors are hosted, and then toured stands that host food, construction, service companies, etc., as well as in the pavilion of the Tourism Organization of the honored country.

He then visited the stands of various ministries of the honored country, among them, the ministries of Finance and Development of the UAE. He also met with falcon trainers, who had trained birds in their hands, and had a short chat with them.

The Prime Minister was welcomed and accompanied throughout his visit to Stand 13 by the UAE Minister of Economy, Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri.

K. Mitsotakis in his greeting, inside stand 13, at “Enterprise Greece”, underlined the progress made in Greece in matters of innovation and extroversion in entrepreneurship and in the field of investments and added: “I would like to congratulate the United Arab Emirates for their decision to accept TIF’s proposal to be the honored country for 2022. I had the opportunity to visit a very impressive pavilion, which is a testament to the great momentum in the relations between our two countries. As we mentioned, at the intergovernmental level, we have already done a lot and I hope that this Exhibition is an opportunity for the businesses of our countries to cooperate and explore areas of common interest. And why not, investments from the UAE in Greece, but also from Greece in the UAE.” He also expressed his satisfaction with the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs in facilitating cooperation and bringing together investors and businessmen of the two countries.

Mr. Mitsotakis, on the occasion of the presence of the US ambassador to Greece, George Tsounis, at the “Enterprise Greece” stand, also referred to the significant strengthening of Greek-American relations: “Mr. Ambassador, I am glad to have you here. You know how much we value our strategic partnership. And I am particularly pleased that in addition to the very strong cooperation in the field of foreign affairs, defense – what we call the geopolitical agenda – we are also significantly strengthening our business ties.”

Mr. Mitsotakis even pointed to the strengthening of relations between Greece – the USA – and the UAE, noting: “I believe that this relationship between our three countries, the United States, Greece and the UAE, is a truly strategic partnership that has to it still offers a lot for the benefit of our countries and our people.” The prime minister expressed his satisfaction with the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in facilitating investments and bringing together businessmen from our country and the UAE.

The prime minister continued to visit other stands, where he was welcomed by exhibitors from the UAE, with treats and products from their home country. At one of the points he stopped, he was photographed, at the prompting of an Arab artist, next to a painting depicting the visit and recent meeting of the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, with the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahian, at the Presidential Palace.

The Prime Minister was accompanied during his visit to the UAE pavilion by the Ministers of Development and Investments, Adonis Georgiadis, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Miltiadis Varvitsiotis and the Deputy Minister of Interior (Macedonia Thrace) Stavros Kalafatis and the President of the TIF, Tasos Tzikas.

SOURCE: APE-Voria

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