Opportunity for a comprehensive discussion on the strengthening Greece-Italy relations, the developments in the region, the common challenges, but also the coordination in matters of the European agenda is the tonight’s dinner hosted by the Prime Minister at the Maximos Palace to the Prime Minister of Italy Georgia Meloni, as sources point out. They emphasize that our country and Italy are two EU and Mediterranean member states that they face common challenges in a number of areas, while the Prime Minister has developed a good working relationship with Ms. Meloni within the European Council.

According to the same sources, at tonight’s working dinner issues related to the economy will also be discussed, but also the energy cooperation of the two countries. It is noted that the Greece-Italy electrical interconnection is already under development, a project that the Greek side seeks to speed up, further increasing the quantities of electricity exported to Italy.

Through a series of initiatives, the importance given to transforming Greece in the coming years not only into an energy transfer hub, but also into a producer, utilizing the potential of renewable energy sources, is emphasized.

Also, his challenge will be discussed Immigrant. Greece and Italy reiterate that Migration is a European and international problem that requires a comprehensive and comprehensive policy. The problem does not only concern the countries of first reception, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has repeatedly emphasized, underlining the need for a comprehensive approach to the migration issue that will include, in addition to border protection, the external dimension of migration, returns to third countries and working with them to crack down on traffickers’ networks that exploit human suffering and put human lives at risk – to prevent departures.

It is recalled that the prime minister had been invited by Mrs. Meloni to attend the International Conference on Migration and Development that she had organized in Rome at the end of July, but due to the developments on the fire fronts, he was unable to respond positively. (The Minister of Immigration, Dimitris Kairides, had attended the Rome Conference).