Visit of the UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology

 

 

Building on the mutually beneficial synergies

 

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met at the Maximos Palace on March 8th, with the Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology of the United Arab Emirates, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber.

During the meeting, the strengthening of the strategic relationship between Greece and the United Arab Emirates was discussed with mutually beneficial synergies at all levels, with a special emphasis on renewable energy sources, a sector in which Greece has a leading role.

 

In the presence of the Prime Minister, the binding Financing and Implementation Agreement of the project to transform Poros into a ‘GR-eco Island’ was signed between the Greek Government, represented by the Ministry of Environment and Energy and MASDAR, which had been announced at the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai last December.

The second renewal of the Memorandum of Cooperation of the Hellenic Development Investment Bank (EATE) and the investment fund of the United Arab Emirates MUBADALA Investment Co., for the joint undertaking of investment initiatives, was also signed.

 

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis also had a meeting with the Minister Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, during which they reaffirmed the excellent strategic relations between Greece and the UAE.

They also expressed the common will of both countries to further promote bilateral relations in the direction of developing the great potential of economic and trade cooperation, sources added.

Minister Gerapetritis congratulated the visiting UAE Minister (pictured above left) on the successful hosting of the COP28 Climate Chance Conference in UAE, the same sources said, while underlining “the importance of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) with UAE as an intermediate stop and referred to Greece’s role as a country that is a pillar of stability, attractive for investments and is emerging as a regional energy hub through highly important major connectivity projects – such as the GREGY electricity cable and the FSRU terminal in Alexandroupolis, which both contribute to European energy security.”

 

The meeting was also attended by Deputy Foreign Minister Kostas Fragogiannis and Secretary General for International Economic Relations and Openness Maira Myrogianni (pictured above right).

 

(Photos: Y.Panagopoulos/Eurokinissi & GDL.)