By Gifts Antoniou

In the revised contract of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport with the Hellenic Train, which will identify clauses and timetables, they refer to government sources for the specialization of the terms of the agreement announced by Rome yesterday by Rome. Kyriakos Mitsotakis for the investment of the Italian group Ferrovie dello Stato, to which Hellenic Train belongs.

The Italian side pledged to invest 360 million euros, which relates to the purchase of eight modern rapid traffic and 15 suburban -type trains, as well as the formation of modern trains, which will ensure long -term maintenance. The time of implementation of the agreement is also related to the Greek side’s commitment to a total of € 400 million to upgrade the network and the installation of modern security systems. However, there is already a prime minister’s commitment that by 2027 the Athens -Thessaloniki line will be perfect and safe, which gives a framework for the timetable on which the revised contract will be developed.

The government is particularly pleased with the Italian side agreement to invest in new trains necessary to complete the rail transport upgrade, in which Maximos Mansion is very much investing to overcome the overruns. Temps.

The prime minister made clear Athens’ interest in co -operation at the level of defense industry, while sending messages to Ankara to the wake of recent Erdogan visit to Rome and agreements with Italian companies. “We can strengthen our defense industries. We can invest in research, technology, form a common security strategy. And in this context, I think it is very crucial to choose our interlocutors on a basic criterion if they are finally aligned with foreign policy and the interests of the Union. ” stressed, to add that “European defense, our strategic autonomy, are not served by creating new addictions.”

Particularly important, in terms of economic and geopolitical terms, is the other agreement announced yesterday and concerns the Memorandum of Understanding between ADMIE and the Italian Terna Network Administrator to upgrade the electric interconnection of the two countries in order to triple the existing 500 MW. It is noted that this is a development that implies a significant upgrade of our country as an energy hub and energy security provider in Southeast Europe.

At the Meloni – Mitsotakis meeting the immigration was one of the main issues, as Greece and Italy are two of the main gates for migratory flows to Europe. The statements of the two leaders gave the mark of the new doctrine now adopted at the EU level. As the prime minister typically stated, “We are no longer talking about internal redistribution of refugees, but about the protection of our borders and the fight against traffickers’ circuits, to strengthen the policies of returns and to rearrange the policy of receiving legal immigrants.”

With Mrs Meloni adding that it is at the same wavelength and that “We are one of the countries of entering immigrants and with Kyriakos we have worked to stabilize a change of flow of flows.”

From yesterday’s meeting, at the climate and impression level, it has shown that there is an increased confidence in the role and importance of the intervention of European countries and the balances that are shaped inside the EU. “Some time ago the South seemed to be the source of European Union problems. Today the economies of the South are growing faster than many north economies, having proven that we have the will, our governments, to implement bold reforms and ultimately be able to be at the forefront of important developments in the European Union. “