This brings me to the third priority: regulation of technology. Innovation has given us, has given humanity the tools to change the world for the better. Without regulation in the wrong hands, those tools can also disrupt and even destroy.
He noted that the programme was one of the government's most popular actions and that, given the high level of interest, the government had increased its budget to 422 million euros, up from 300 million euros.
The premier also said that the pharmaceutical sector will play its own role in this major national effort for more investments which strengthen the national economy and open new job positions.
Speaking to national broadcaster ERT, Mitsotakis quoted Blinken as telling him that relations between the two countries had never been at such high level in the last 30 years he served as a diplomat
The prime minister, who earlier met with the European Commissioner, pointed out that a European solution to the migration problem is needed.
In a call to congratulate Sisi on his reelection, the two leaders discussed, among others, the further boosting of Greek-Egyptian strategic relations and the most recent developments in the region.
The meeting between them will be followed by expanded talks. The Greek government team includes the ministers of National Economy & Finance, Infrastructure & Transport, Agricultural Development & Food, and the alternate and deputy ministers of National Economy & Finance.
Bilateral relations and regional developments, particularly those affecting the western Balkans, were the two main issues discussed on Monday in Athens by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his visiting Croatian counterpart Andrej Plenkovic.
Greece and Ukraine confirmed their commitment to the latter's efforts to join NATO, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Joint Declaration on Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic integration signed in Athens on Monday evening.
The president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the President of the European Council Charles Michel have responded positively to Mitsotakis' invitation something that is both substantial and symbolic.
"Grateful to Greece for joining the G7 Declaration of Support, the 14th country to support security guarantees for Ukraine," he wrote, and after thanking the Greek premier he added that "we keep working together on Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic path."
