For Rome departs tomorrow, Monday, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
The prime minister will meet with his Italian counterpart, Georgiaand then the Greek-Italy Cooperation Council will meet.
Greece and Italy are two EU member states with a reason and role on its table European Council For all major European challenges of the next period, such as competitivenessthe defense and the safety her EUthe migratoryissues expected to be discussed in meeting By Kyriakos Mitsotakis with Giorgia Meloni.
After all, Greece and Italy are front -line countries, which have repeatedly underlined the European dimension of the issue, the need to store EU external borders, the need for cooperation with third countries and the strengthening of returns, as well as the balance between responsibility and solidarity.
On the defense, security and cooperation with third countries
The agenda of the two leaders are expected to find other cutting -edge issues on the European agenda, such as security and EU defense, bilateral defense cooperation, as well as the EU’s cooperation with third countries in security and defense. The position of Athens is that it must be based on common principles and values and serve the strategic autonomy of the EU, that is, not create new dependencies.
Greece and Italy are pillars of stability in the Eastern Mediterranean and the wider region and face due to common geographical and geopolitical reality, common challenges, from the Eastern Mediterranean to Libya and Syria, challenges expected to be found on the agenda of the Prime Minister. As far as the Supreme Cooperation Council is concerned, from which a series of agreements are expected, the agenda is broad and the prospects of cooperation many.
The Prime Minister will be accompanied by Foreign Ministers George Gerapetritis, Defense Nikos Dendia, Citizen Protection Michalis Chrysochoid, Development Takis Theodorikakos, Rural Development and Food Costas Tsiaras, Digital Governance, Digital Governance, Digital Governance Kyranaki and Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy Nikos Tsafos. Particular emphasis is placed on cooperation with commerce and investment, energy and in particular on the prospect of boosting the Greece-Italy electricity interconnection, in connectivity, as Greece and Italy can be European bridges with North Africa as well as transport.
It is noted that the last Supreme Cooperation Council of the two countries was held in 2017 in Corfu, while Ms Meloni had visited Athens and had met with Kyriakos Mitsotakis in August 2023.