We are very close to having announcements on the issue of entry visas with the USA, said the President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulidis, on the occasion of yesterday's start of the strategic dialogue with the USA which he characterized as "a very important development".
Speaking at the opening of the session of the Council of Ministers, President Christodoulidis asked all the Ministers to cooperate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, since as he said, yesterday's dialogue covered all the Ministries horizontally.
As he said, yesterday's discussion focused on five sectors, which concern all Ministries horizontally and not only the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"So I ask all of you to cooperate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which has the most general supervision," he said.
He referred to the issues of investment arrivals and the issue of the abolition of entry visas, "which we are very close to having announcements".
President Christodoulidis also referred to the possibility of strengthening commercial relations, especially exports, and addressing the Minister of Trade said that this "is something that the Ministry must seriously deal with". He also addressed the Deputy Minister of Research on the issues of research and innovation, while as he said the issues of defense and security were also discussed.
"I repeat that it is not a matter that concerns exclusively the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has the supervision, (the dialogue) affects all of you horizontally", he added, and requested that any ideas and opinions that exist be promoted within the framework of the dialogue.
Additionally, the President of the Republic referred to the meeting he had with the American Assistant Secretary of State, but also to the meeting with Antonio Costa, who takes over as President of the European Council from December 1st.
"I was pleased to hear from foreigners, it is not our own assessment, the recognition of our country's role in the region", he concluded.
