During my trip to Davos, I had the opportunity to take part in a panel where I set out the important energy role of our country in today’s unstable and, in many cases, dangerous — even militarily — international environment.
I also took part in an event of the Three Seas Initiative Business Council, in a particularly positive atmosphere, where the importance of the initiative was highlighted for the development of our wider region, as well as for strengthening its energy and geostrategic security.
In both interventions, I underlined the investment opportunities our country presents, as well as Greece’s role as an energy and trade gateway to the Southeastern Mediterranean and to the vertical transport and energy axis.
In a live Financial Times broadcast from Davos, I took part in a discussion on the prospects for continuing the energy transition in an environment of rapid digitalisation and the development of artificial intelligence, which significantly increases energy needs to support data centres. I argued that these two goals can be achieved simultaneously, through a coherent, long-term strategy and by using all available technological solutions, without exclusions.
In addition, I met with Poland’s Minister of State Assets, with whom we agreed to hold first an online and then an in-person meeting of public and private bodies, with the aim of examining joint actions for the development of our infrastructure, as well as cooperation in the context of the reconstruction of Ukraine.
Finally, I held meetings with potential investors from Japan and the United States, to whom I presented the investment opportunities offered by our country in sectors such as logistics, transport, technology — defence and general-purpose — and energy.
On the sidelines of my speech on the Three Seas Initiative, I also had the opportunity to speak briefly with the current and former Presidents of Poland, Karol Tadeusz Nawrocki and Andrzej Duda.
A big thank you to Davos House and to Eirini Vantaraki for the excellent organisation of the panels and the excellent cooperation!
