His first official visit to Romania is made today by Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
The Greek Prime Minister’s visit to Bucharest marks the strengthening of the Greek economic and business presence in the region and economic extroversion, as well as the expansion of bilateral cooperation in a number of areas, such as that of Civil Protection, for which a separate agreement will be signed.
This is one of the most important areas for Greek economic and business activity and Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his Romanian counterpart Nicolae Tsioukas will sign a Joint Declaration to promote economic and political cooperation, confirming their desire to strengthen Greek-Romanian relations. .
The prime minister will meet in Bucharest with Romanian President Klaus Johannes and new Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca.
In addition to issues of expanding cooperation in the fields of economy, energy, transport and tourism, the meetings will obviously be concerned with the latest worrying developments in Ukraine – the Prime Minister will also attend the extraordinary EPP teleconference on Wednesday afternoon. Summit convened by Donald Tusk.
In the meetings of Mr. Mitsotakis with the political leadership of Romania, the situation in the Western Balkans, the escalation of the Turkish provocation in the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as issues of European interest will also be discussed.
The desire to strengthen the bilateral relations between Greece and Romania is indicated by the fact that during his visit the Prime Minister will be accompanied by five ministers, the Minister of Energy Costas Skrekas, the Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikilias, the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Christos Stylianoridis. Of Foreign Affairs Miltiadis Varvitsiotis and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in charge of Economic Diplomacy and Extroversion Costas Frangogiannis.
The ministers will have the opportunity to meet with their Romanian counterparts and explore areas for co-operation.
Christos Stylianidis will sign a bilateral agreement (Memorandum of Understanding) with Romanian Interior Minister Raed Arafat, responsible for civil protection, for co-operation in the field of Civil Protection. The two countries are already co-operating through the European Civil Protection Mechanism, and Romania’s assistance in dealing with the fires that hit the country last August has been substantial in both firefighters and firefighting vehicles.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis will also have a meeting with the Board of Directors of the Hellenic-Romanian Chamber and Greek businessmen operating in Romania.
Before returning to Athens, the prime minister will attend an official dinner hosted by his Romanian counterpart.
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