G. Gerapetritis in ERTNews: Actions for large-scale Kuwaiti investments in Greece

After his visit to Kuwait, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Gerapetritis spoke at ERTNews and to the journalist Katerina Frissa. “Today’s visit to Kuwait completes a series of visits to the Gulf countries. Greece maintains traditional ties with the Gulf countries. Especially today, in Kuwait I had the opportunity to talk with the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the one hand, and on the other hand, with the government agencies dealing with imports and exports, investments to and from Kuwait.

We have jointly identified the great scope that exists to increase our bilateral trade. We agreed to have actions, which will lead to agreements for large-scale Kuwaiti investments in Greece and, of course, for the exchange of business missions.

During these two days, we mainly had the opportunity to discuss the burning issue of the Middle East. Unfortunately, the situation is not going well. There are huge problems with the peace process and of course, every day that passes there is a serious deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the region. What we agreed in Qatar, as well as in Kuwait, is that we should join our efforts, Europe together with the countries of the Gulf and the Arab world, so that there is a concrete proposal, which will solve the issue of the Middle of the East, will allow the unhindered and full provision of humanitarian aid to the affected areas and will definitively resolve the hostage issue which is a real wound for humanitarian values.

As I had the opportunity to emphasize at the European Council in Luxembourg, the European Union should take a central initiative to bring together all the parallel efforts that are being made for peace in the region, under the High Representative and a number of Foreign Ministers of member states, so that we can finally sit down at the table to be able to constructively, creatively resolve the Middle East issue, to stop the ongoing humanitarian crisis and prevent a spillover, which could be either in Rafah, or in Lebanon, either in Jordan, or in the Red Sea and which would have dramatic consequences for humanity.