By Penelope Galliou
To “liquidate” the important results from the key Greek Prime Minister’s visit and top contacts in the USAfrom today, the government staff will attempt, recording in the internal agenda, now, the results and the profits that it brings to its luggage from the other side of the Atlantic.
In fact, it is not excluded, “interior“account of the trip and the important meetings he had, to be made by the Prime Minister in the most institutional way in the next period, undertaking initiative to formally inform the opposition parties. Either in private meetings with the political leaders of the opposition parties, as he had done after his trip to the USA in 2020 when he met with Donald Trump, or to inform the Greek Parliament by taking the initiative to convene a debate at the level of politicians. leaders where the contacts, topics and results from the much acclaimed trip to the American capital will be captured.
What is the government keeping from the trip?
The imprint of contacts with the top of the American leadership fully satisfies the government, which has found and holds, the complete concurrence of views on the great and burning issues of the time, like the condemnation of the war in Ukraine and its consequences, the need for stability and security in our wider neighborhood, in the Southeastern Mediterranean, but also the condemnation of any form of revisionismwhich in addition to Vladimir Putin, as far as we are concerned, also shows Tayyip Erdogan.
«The first great gain that we undoubtedly achieved with the visit is that it has been established in the Biden leadership but also in American political life that Greece is a country that holds the keys to peace and stability in our wider region, in the Balkans, the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean and this is an extremely important parameter in a world that is changing rapidly and violently in recent timesCommented the government spokesman who accompanied the prime minister on his trip to the United States.
Adopting an expression used by the Prime Minister in his televised interview on an American network, government officials state that “Greece came back and came back strongAfter the trip and the contacts in Washington, announcing a change of era, which was sealed by the excellent climate and the climate of trust that prevailed in all the contacts of the Greek Prime Minister in the American capital, both with the top of the US political leadership and and with the Greek community.
The big bet
And national issues may always remain high on the political agenda, as they did during the US government trip, however the economy and its extroversion is the other big bet of the government. Mr. Mitsotakis’ visit to the USA was an ideal opportunity for call on American investors to choose our country. Greece has “returned”, the prime minister underlined in Washington, referring to the positive messages from the field of economy. «So we have a dynamic economy, open to business and ready to attract American investment. For the USA, our country is a stable partner in a difficult region of the world“He said in an interview with the American television network MSNBC.
«We care about the next day and because Greece has a strong brand name the next day has to do with our economic growthCommented a government official.
After all, many of the government contacts in Washington were economic and investment interest and according to the same source, the Americans view the Greek economy with a positive sign “because they see that Mitsotaki’s manipulations make the economy more resilient and this is a very resounding message about what will be born in the next period of time” write down.
The government spokesman also referred to the strengthening of the Greek economy Giannis Oikonomou in an interview with SKAI, comparing the economic conditions that prevailed in 2020, during the first visit of Kyriakos Mitsotakis as Prime Minister to the US and in his meeting with Donald Trump at the time, with the current strengthening of the Greek economy.
«The last time the Prime Minister visited the USA, there was a concern, the conversation was whether Thomsen or Georgieva would receive them at the IMF, that was a difficult part of the trip at that time. And today Greece has repaid the loans to the IMF earlier, it has repaid its loans earlier, the image of a country that has suffered for ten years is not on the agenda at all and instead it is a country that attracts interest, wins applause, respect for political actors of the Biden leadership, of President Biden. Democrats and Republicans in an America that has their own big differences rushed to applaud, to get to know Mr. Mitsotakis better, to listen to the issues we ask them. Greece is a country that returns dynamically and claims the tools to be able to star and offer the world what it deserves and what it deservesSaid the government spokesman.
The role of energy
In any case, the energy field will play a decisive role in achieving the economic goals. The next moves on the energy chessboard – given the goal of decoupling from Russian gas – were at the heart of the prime minister’s contacts with the US president. Besides, the government states that Greece is ready to be transformed into a regional energy hub, in order to transport natural gas and hydrogen later from the Middle East to Europe.
On the energy issue, however, the information says that there was an understanding with the American side, while the decisions that will be taken at the next EU Summit are expected with particular interest. at the end of May, which will determine the next national steps.
The embarrassment of the opposition
At home, however, the strong displacement of Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s visit to the US does not seem to be recognized by the opposition, as the majority of the parties delayed or never commented formally- as usual with announcements – what was said in Washington, showing embarrassment.
However, SYRIZA, in a statement issued yesterday at noon, disputes the essence of the Greek Prime Minister’s visit to Washington and claims:
«At a time of dangerous geopolitical upheaval and rapid upgrading of both Turkey and US-Turkish relations, Mr. Mitsotakis returns from a visit to the United States with much applause but no substantial commitment to our national interests.».
The same announcement focuses mainly on national issues accusing the prime minister of not claiming or making any commitments and concludes «with these data, any communicative and symbolic value of the visit can not mask the failure of the strategy of the predictable and given “ally”. An “ally” who, in exchange for all the unprecedented concessions he has made, seeks approval instead of claiming commitments in the interests of the Greek people».
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