On the two days of February 12-13, he will carry out his work the 5th Southeast Europe & East Med Forumin Washington, USA.

The conference, which has been established as a landmark for bilateral and regional relations with the USA and is co-organized by the Delphi Economic Forum, the newspaper “Kathimerini” and the Hellenic-American Leadership Council (HALC), will delve into topics related to energy security, the climate, the security architecture of the region, the new energy and economic corridors in SE Europe and Asia, stability in the Balkans and the Middle East, Greek-American relations and the American presence in the region, but also the strengthening of economic cooperation between the countries of Eastern Mediterranean and the USA.

The Minister of Immigration and Asylum, Dimitris Kairidis, the Minister of Tourism, Olga Kefalogianni, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alexandra Papadopoulou, the Ambassador of Greece to the USA, Ekaterini Nasika, the MP of the New Democracy, Tasos Chatzivasileiou, will be in Washington for the work of the conference. as well as the General Secretary of Private Investments, Vasiliki Loizou.

Among the important speakers stand out the US Assistant Secretaries of State, Geoffrey Pyatt, Gabriel Escobar and Joshua Huck, the US Ambassador to Greece, George J. Tsunis and the US Ambassador to Cyprus, Julie Fischer.

Furthermore, the conference will be attended by members of the US Congress and the Senate, such as the Senator of Maryland, Chris Van Hollen, as well as members of Congress, of Greek origin, such as Gus Bilirakis, Nicole Malliotakis, Chris Pappas, as well as the Minister of Finance of of Bulgaria, Assen Vassilev.

The presence of experts from academia and diplomacy, as well as important think tanks that focus on developments in the region, will be resounding. Specifically, discussions will take place at the American Enterprise Institute, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) and Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) with leading analysts from Greece and abroad, including the Director , Institute of Global Affairs, American College of Greece, Konstantinos Filis, the diplomatic advisor of the Leader of the Official Opposition party, Evangelos Kalpadakis and the General Director of IOBE and Professor of OPA, Nikos Vettas.

Finally, important speakers from the business world will participate in the discussion, including the President of PPC, Giorgos Stassis, the President of GBS Bulgaria, Kalin Peshov, the Vice President of Philip Morris International, Christos Harpantidis, the Executive Director of Bulgartransgaz, Vladimir Malinov and the Chief Corporate Affairs & Communication Officer of Mytilineos, Vivian Bouzali.