Presentation of MP Stathis Konstantinidis in the Plenary Session of the Parliament at the S / N of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs entitled: "Organization and operation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Council of Hellenes Abroad and regulation of issues of international development cooperation and humanitarian aid "
Ladies and gentlemen, The discussion of another important bill is coming to an end. You do not need to be an expert to realize how crucial it is for our country to optimize the organization and operation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to re-establish the Council of Hellenes Abroad, να εκσυγχρονίσει τις δομές της και να ενισχύσει τους φορείς που είναι επιφορτισμένοι με θέματα διεθνούς αναπτυξιακής συνεργασίας.
And while one could reasonably say that the goals set by the bill to be voted are timeless for the Greek state, the environment that is shaping the world, because of the pandemic and especially in the post-vaccination season but also in our neighborhood, due to the revisionism of Turkey, make it necessary to accelerate and intensify this effort.
After, Well, from an exhausting period of great instability and uncertainty, in our foreign policy, under the responsibility of the Syriza government – Annel, we had to re-establish ourselves in the International Community, since the make-up of the previous period had exposed us worldwide.
One does not need to remember the complaints of the memoranda, the ridiculousness of the unnecessary referendum, the title of worst trading tactic for the year 2015, which our country had then conquered, in the familiar Harvard ranking.
As long as he remembers the former Prime Minister Mr.. Τσίπρα από τη μία να αποθεώνει την πολιτική Μαδούρο και από την άλλη να δηλώνει ότι η διοίκηση Τραμπ μπορεί να μοιάζει με διαβολική αλλά αυτό γίνεται για καλό!
Those days have not passed since the memory of the robber 2 years, and yet, the situation has improved significantly.
The eroded image of the country has been restored internationally and the Greek Prime Minister is a reliable interlocutor of top leaders, but also representatives of global business groups and our homeland destination for the installation of emblematic investments. Needed, sure, να αποδείξουμε ότι διαθέτουμε σχέδιο για την αλλαγή κατεύθυνσης και την αποφασιστικότητα να εφαρμόσουμε το μεταρρυθμιστικό μας πρόγραμμα.
And all this, in very difficult times:
With the European family shaken by the departure of the United Kingdom, την Αμερική να βιώνει μία πρωτόγνωρη εσωτερική πολιτική αστάθεια, την Τουρκία να εκδηλώνει μία ακόρεστη επιθετικότητα, από τη Λιβύη μέχρι το Ναγκόρνο Καραμπάχ και τις μεταναστευτικές ροές να βρίσκονται σε έξαρση, until Greece shows that it is not the easy path for migrant traffickers and the safe haven for all kinds of rights activists.
And yet, μέσα σ’ αυτό το ασταθές περιβάλλον, the country has managed to move on the rails of international law and treaties, to be the constant in the area. The predictable partner in unforeseen circumstances. And that was credited to her.
Greece has strengthened its relations with traditional allies, and builds new partnerships, managing to highlight common points of interest. The ones that unite her with each interlocutor separately. Without contradictions and without one partnership annulling the other.
The result was that the country was growing, both in its territory and in prestige and international influence. Defense and armament alliances were built, that shield our homeland and peace in the end. For all this of course, beyond the clear strategy, systematic and organized work was required.
The desired, of course, is to build the country a solid strategy, εξωστρεφή διπλωματία και ισχυρή παρουσία στους διεθνείς οργανισμούς και για να συμβεί αυτό πρέπει να εξασφαλίσουμε την οργανωτική υποδομή και τα αναγκαία εργαλεία στην κατεξοχήν αρμόδια υπηρεσία, which is none other than the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He aspires to this goal convincingly, I think so, to serve the discussed Draft Law, by modernizing its organizational chart, την αναδιάρθρωση των υπηρεσιών και την ενσωμάτωση των ψηφιακών μέσων.
Each of the three pillars of the three pillars in which the ministry is now structured is crucial for the development of an integrated strategy and all of them can make a significant contribution to the advancement of national affairs..
Θα ήθελα όμως να αναφερθώ ειδικά στη σημασία που έχουν δύο από αυτούς:
One is the re-establishment of the Council of Hellenes Abroad (Σ.Α.Ε.), provided by the article 108 par. 2 of the Constitution, as an advisory body of the State in matters concerning Greeks Abroad and Expatriates.
The deputies who have the honor to participate in the Committee of Hellenes Abroad often have the pleasure to see the passion, the enthusiasm and passion of Greeks abroad to participate in actions that extend from the preservation of traditions, the promotion of the Greek language, the promotion of our culture, strengthening national positions, to the interconnection of companies of the country where they live with domestic counterparts and the attraction of investments to Greece.
The Council of Hellenes Abroad in close collaboration with the new General Secretariat of Hellenes Abroad, through their distinct roles, they are therefore called to activate the inexhaustible forces of Hellenism, of Greeks living and working abroad, μέσα από την υλοποίηση πολιτικών για την ενίσχυση των δεσμών της Διασποράς με την πατρίδα.
This is also a policy that follows the implementation of the current government's commitment to facilitate the right to vote in out-of-state elections.,
This is another decision that is growing Greece.
The other axis is that of the new General Secretariat for International Economic Relations and Extroversion, with the actions for the strengthening of the Economic Diplomacy that it is called to develop.
With the progress of the vaccination process, all countries will enter into a highly competitive process, in an effort to regain lost ground from the economic and development losses caused by the effects of the pandemic.
In this environment, economic diplomacy can play a key role in strengthening the extroversion of Greek companies but also in attracting foreign investment in the country.
Η Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Κοζάνης φιλοδοξεί να αποτελέσει επενδυτικό προορισμό πολλών επιχειρήσεων από την Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό στο πλαίσιο της υλοποίησης του Σχεδίου Δίκαιης Αναπτυξιακής Μετάβασης και των κινήτρων που θα ενσωματώνει και γι’ αυτό προσβλέπουμε στην ανάδειξη των πλεονεκτημάτων του τόπου από την αρμόδια Γραμματεία και τους υπαγόμενους σε αυτήν οργανισμούς, with whom we should work closely.
