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and the expansion of the dynamically developing ing the significant investment opportunities in
Greek-Saudi cooperation, which was also con- port infrastructure and the land transport net-
firmed during the visit of Kyriakos Mitsotakis to work in Alexandroupolis. The two leaders also
Riyadh on October 2021. focused on the new prospects for cooperation in
Kyriakos Mitsotakis underlined the importance digital connectivity, which can transform the two
of the East to Med data Corridor (ECM) project. countries into important regional data centres
This undersea and terrestrial data transmission due to their geographical location.
cable system will connect Europe with Asia via During the visit of the Crown Prince of Saudi
Greece and Saudi Arabia and make Greece the Arabia, a high-level Greece-Saudi Arabia busi-
EU’s eastern gateway for the transfer of data ness forum also took place.
input while simultaneously connecting Greece In the context of the forum, in the presence of
to the Middle East and Asia the Investment Ministers of the two countries,
He also had the opportunity to present to the Adonis Georgiadis and Khalid bin Abdulaziz
Saudi Crown Prince the initiatives Greece has been Al-Falih, sixteen business agreements and MoUs
undertaking to become an energy hub connecting between Greek and Saudi business groups and
the broader region with European markets. In this companies were signed in the fields of energy,
context, the two leaders discussed the prospects maritime and air transport, aquaculture, waste
of cooperation between the two countries in the management, culture, food and agricultural
field of “green energy” and the possibility of trans- products, construction, and defence technology.
ferring electricity from Saudi Arabia to Europe via On the Greek side, agreements were signed by
Greece, which can become the “bridge” between the following companies/groups: Aegean, Mytili-
the Middle East and Europe. neos S.A., Dynacom Tankers Management Ltd,
Kyriakos Mitsotakis pointed out to the Crown Sea Traders SA, Hellenic Environmental Center
Prince of Saudi Arabia the new investment SA, Theon Sensors SA, RAYCAP, Greek Energy
opportunities that Greece offers in tourism & Infrastructure Investment Corporation (GrEC
infrastructure, the real estate market, maritime Fund), Holroyd Holdings Ltd, Southpoint Mar-
transport, and the logistics sector while stress- itime SA, Chr. Stamatiou & Sons SA, Highway

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