Production, investment and the extroversion of Greek businesses in focus
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for Economic Diplomacy and Extroversion, Harry Theoharis, was in Kilkis on Thursday 3 September, visiting major manufacturing and exporting businesses in the region.
Mr. Theoharis, together with the MP for Kilkis and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Giorgos Georgantas, the President of the Association of Exporters of Northern Greece (SEVE) Themis Sarasidis, Executive Vice President Panagiotis Chasapis, the Secretary for Productive Sectors Akis Bafas and the President of the New Democracy local party organisation (DEEP) of Kilkis Minas Papadopoulos, visited the companies ALUMIL, ELVIAL, EURIMAC and KLEEMANN.
During the visits, he met with the management and employees of the companies and was briefed on their production activity, their investments, their presence in international markets and the prospects for their further development.
The meetings focused on boosting exports, broadening the international presence of Greek businesses and the contribution of economic diplomacy to the efforts of Greek companies to open new markets and strengthen their position internationally.
Statement by Harry Theoharis
Concluding his tour, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs made the following statement:
“Today I had the opportunity to visit important and dynamic businesses in Kilkis and to talk with people who produce, invest and create jobs every day.
ALUMIL, ELVIAL, EURIMAC and KLEEMANN are characteristic examples of modern, productive Greece, with a strong footprint both in the Greek economy and in international markets.
This is precisely our country’s great comparative advantage: Greece has businesses that can compete with confidence all over the world.
The government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis and New Democracy have made support for entrepreneurship, investment, production and extroversion a steady priority. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through economic diplomacy, has a specific role: to open doors and create opportunities for Greek businesses in international markets.
Kilkis proves that growth concerns the whole country and that the regions have significant productive forces, businesses and people who invest in their homeplace.
I leave Kilkis with optimism, but also with an even greater sense of responsibility. Because the Greece that produces, exports and creates value is the Greece we want to strengthen and represent abroad with even greater force.”
Meeting at the New Democracy local organisation of Kilkis
Finally, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Harry Theoharis and the Minister of Social Cohesion and Family Domna Michailidou visited the offices of the New Democracy DEEP of Kilkis, where they were welcomed by its President, Minas Papadopoulos.
They met with party officials and citizens and discussed current political affairs, the needs of the local community and the challenges ahead.
The meeting took place in a particularly warm atmosphere, with an emphasis on the importance of constant contact with society and with the party’s grassroots.
