Kyriakos Mitsotakis had a meeting with the President of Romania, Klaus Johannis, at noon in Bucharest, in the context of official visit carried out in Romania.
The meeting at the Cotroceni Palace discussed the common will of the two sides to further expand and deepen bilateral relations, with an emphasis on the economy and energy, where the two leaders agreed that there is great potential for strengthening cooperation.
They also shared their views on major European and international issues, and exchanged views on the latest worrying developments in Ukraine.
Immediately afterwards, at the Greek Embassy in Bucharest, Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with the Board of Directors of the Bilateral Greek-Romanian Chamber of Commerce.
“I am very happy to be here again in a critical, difficult geopolitical situation. “I consider it appropriate to conclude this trip because I have the opportunity to discuss with our friends in Romania, with the President and the new Prime Minister how we will react jointly to the Russian challenges in Ukraine,” he said.
“It’s an issue that obviously concerns us all, especially Romania, a country that borders Ukraine. It concerns especially our homeland to the extent that we have many of our fellow citizens of Greek origin who are in the disputed area, especially in the Mariupol area. However, it concerns the whole world, because no change of borders by force can be tolerated, let alone by a country, which has put international law at the center of its foreign policy “, stressed Kyriakos Mitsotakis, talking to the members of the Chamber.
In the discussion he had with Greek businessmen operating in Romania, the Prime Minister focused on ways to strengthen and expand the Greek business presence in Romania, but also to promote bilateral economic and trade relations between the two countries.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis underlined that Greece has historical, political and cultural ties with Romania, maintains a strong economic presence, and holds an important position among its trade and investment partners. Recently, the Greek business presence is constantly strengthening, while at the same time there is an increased Romanian business presence in Greece.
“We are also interested in supporting the extroversion of Greek companies, Greek capital, Greek entrepreneurs who operate outside our country. “And of course the Balkans and especially a very large market, the largest country in the Balkans, Romania, is a market which we are obviously very interested in,” said Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
The Prime Minister assured the members of the Chamber for the full support of the Greek state in all the efforts of extroversion of Greek companies, emphasizing that Romania is one of the most important markets in the region.
It is noted that in 2021 the volume of bilateral trade between Greece and Romania showed a further increase and for the first time exceeded the amount of 2 billion euros, reaching 2.2 billion euros. Greek capital invested in Romania exceeds 3.5 billion euros in important sectors of the economy: telecommunications, infrastructure, banks, food and beverage industry, building materials.
For his part, the President of the Hellenic-Romanian Chamber of Commerce Christodoulos Seferis thanked the Prime Minister and referred to the important prospects of Greek-Romanian economic relations.
Prior to his meeting with Greek businessmen in Bucharest, the Prime Minister visited the Church of the Annunciation, which is the chapel of the Greek Embassy. The chapel dates back to 1899 and has been designated as a historical monument of the city of Bucharest.
On an official visit to Romania, the Prime Minister is accompanied by the Minister of Energy Costas Skrekas, the Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikilias, the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Christos Styliangis, the Deputy Foreign Minister for Foreign Affairs Miltiados Varvidomos .
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