“Today the Prime Minister is participating in the tripartite Greece-Cyprus-Israel summit, which is taking place in Nicosia. Earlier, the prime minister had a private meeting with the president of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, and with the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, while extended talks between the two delegations will follow,” said government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis, starting the briefing for political editors.

“Security, defense, energy, civil protection, climate crisis, tourism will be on the agenda of the discussions of the three leaders”.

The government spokesman said that the prime minister is expected to highlight the added value of the tripartite scheme and the synergies that work for the benefit of stability and security in the region. As he said, “the cooperation between the three countries can create an energy corridor from the Eastern Mediterranean to Europe. This includes the “Euroasia intercorrector” electrical interconnection project, i.e. electrical interconnection between Israel, Cyprus and Greece which will connect Israel’s electricity markets with Europe”.

He underlined that “this meeting marks the deepening and strengthening of tripartite cooperation as a triangle of stability, security and prosperity in the region”.

Gerapetritis – Fidan

Then Mr. Marinakis referred to tomorrow’s visit of the foreign minister to Ankara in order to meet with his Turkish counterpart following Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ meeting with President Erdogan, on the sidelines of the NATO summit, in Vilnius.

He pointed out that the two ministers will focus on issues concerning the bilateral relations of the two countries and regional developments, while in addition the preparation of the planned meeting between Mr. Mitsotakis and Mr. Erdogan will be discussed as part of their participation in the UN General Assembly. in Thessaloniki.

Mr. Marinakis then went to the cabinet meeting last Friday and detailed important issues and bills that are going to be consulted in the near future, and which were discussed within the Cabinet. He made special mention of the fact that the issuance of the new identities is a reforming choice that provides additional security and facilitates citizens’ daily transactions.

For developments in front of the fire in Dadia, said that “according to the latest update we have from the Fire Department, it is in full remission thanks to the superhuman efforts of the forest firefighting mechanism and Civil Protection. Despite the positive image that the fire has at the moment, fire brigade forces remain at the scene monitoring the area”.

Another point that the government representative went over was that “the Interagency Market Control Unit (DIMEA) today imposed fines of a total of 940,000 euros on stores selling electrical and electronic goods as well as selling cosmetics for fictitious or virtual discounts.

Concluding his introductory presentation, Mr. Marinakis referred to the expansion of the arogi.gov.gr platform for the submission of first aid applications for those affected by the fires of August 2023.

Before accepting questions from the political editors, he presented the prime minister’s schedule for the next few days: “Tomorrow Tuesday, September 5, the Prime Minister will hold his regular monthly meeting with the President of the Republic, Mrs. Katerina Sakellaropoulou. Her Friday, September 8 the Prime Minister will move to Evro in order to fully assess and record the size of the areas affected by the fires and with the main objective of the immediate implementation of what has been announced for the rehabilitation of the affected and the natural environment. The afternoon of the same day the prime minister will travel to Thessaloniki ahead of the opening of the 87th International Exhibition of Thessaloniki, where he will hold meetings with regional institutions. The Saturday, September 9 will make his opening speech at the Vellideo Conference Center, while Sunday, September 10 will grant the customary Press Conference.