Today, Thursday, Kyriakos Mitsotakis is going to Vilnius, Lithuania for the Three Seas Initiative Summit, in which heads of state and government of 13 European countries participate.

The aim of this scheme is the strengthening of cooperation in the region of Central and Eastern Europe with an emphasis on the North-South axis, through economic and infrastructure interconnection in the fields of energy, transport and digital communication.

The Prime Minister is expected to emphasize the role and initiatives that Greece has undertaken in this Corridor with infrastructure upgrade projects, and cross-capacity projects with neighboring countries that highlight it as an energy, transport and logistics hub in Southeastern Europe.

In the evening, Mr. Mitsotakis will go to Warsaw, where he will participate in the working dinner of European leaders organized by the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, for consultations on the EU’s Strategic Agenda. (ahead of the June European Council).

It is recalled that the prime minister participated in the first round of leaders’ dinners in Berlin last November.

Tomorrow, Kyriakos Mitsotakis will have a meeting with his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk. It is the first visit of a Greek prime minister to Poland since 2011.

During the meeting, all issues of European interest are expected to be discussed, in view of the extraordinary European Council next week (April 17-18), as well as issues of regional and international interest, with a focus on the latest developments in Ukraine and the Middle East.

Government sources report that the two leaders – at the same time the two most powerful leaders of the EPP at the moment – are expected in their private meeting to discuss issues concerning the strategy of the European People’s Party in the run-up to the European elections, as well as the next day for Europe.