Meeting with all involvedwith the primary sector carrierssuch as agricultural trade unionists, cooperatives, representatives of scientific organizations such as ELGA and representatives of local government, is carried out by Minister of Rural Development and Food Lefteris Avgenakis, who reiterated that “through the dialogue surely we all become wiser and certainly the people of the primary sector, whom we serve with reverence and respect, are the winners”.

Mr. Avgenakis noted once again that “we are not opposite, we are on the same side of the river and we strive for the best of the people who work under adverse conditions” while he added that “we know very well the peculiarities, the difficulties, the problems faced by producers both locally and nationally but also on a pan-European level, for this reason we all work together in coordination”.

Lefteris Avgenakis characterized as interesting the meetings like the one taking place today in Crete, as well as the one that will take place tomorrow in Komotini and the one that took place yesterday at the block in the Boiotia Castle, noting that through them the dialogue continues, in view of the meeting that is expected to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has on Tuesday at noon, with a delegation of the coordinating blocs.

“Most of them can be solved through dialogue and joint effort,” stressed Mr. Avgenakis, who said that “the government’s intentions are clear.”

“It is clear that both improvement projects and serious interventions must be made, so that the life, everyday life and also the production costs of the farmers, are reduced” added the Ministry of AAT, adding that “as long as the economy develops – and it develops well – the more we are optimistic about the next steps, the next brave steps of the government in favor of the farmers, ranchers, fishermen and beekeepers of our country.” At the end, Mr. Avgenakis thanked the farmers of Crete.

“I want to say a big thank you from the bottom of my heart to all the farmers of Crete, because in these difficult times with their attitude and their behavior, they have shown practical trust and support to the leadership of the ministry and to the government as a whole ” and how “we are here to fight for the fair demands of the producers, to correct distortions of the past and we are here with absolute confidence and goal, to make the agricultural sector of the country and also of Crete better and prouder”.

Among the issues raised to Mr. Avgenakis were, among others, the increased cost of production, the prices of products such as milk, subsidies, the transport equivalent and also the request that Crete be treated as an island region.