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Expectations and value of the visit

The beingness of Emmanuel Macron successful Athens is expected to springiness caller momentum to Greek-French strategical practice successful defence and the economy.

Greece and France volition renew their bilateral strategical practice statement connected information and defense, portion precocious connected the docket is besides the deepening of practice successful areas specified arsenic the economy, civilian protection, and innovation.

Government sources stress that the French president’s sojourn carries peculiar weight, arsenic Europe seeks a caller absorption some successful strengthening its competitiveness and successful shaping a much cohesive defence argumentation complementary to NATO, astatine a clip of heightened geopolitical uncertainty.

According to the aforesaid sources, the sojourn marks a large measurement successful deepening an already adjacent relationship, incorporating caller areas of practice that bespeak existent demands, portion placing Greek-French practice astatine the halfway of discussions connected the aboriginal of Europe and its defence and information framework.

Saturday’s cardinal events

On Saturday morning, the French president volition sojourn the frigate “Kimon” successful Piraeus unneurotic with Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Around 11:00 a.m., the 2 leaders volition conscionable astatine the Maximos Mansion.

This volition beryllium followed by the signing of agreements and associated statements to the media.

At 4:00 p.m., the 2 leaders volition sojourn the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, wherever they volition present remarks astatine the Hellenic-French Business Forum, held astatine the “Dome.”

Afterwards, the French statesmanlike mates volition depart from Athens.

Official meal astatine the Presidential Mansion

The time volition reason with an authoritative meal successful grant of Emmanuel Macron astatine the Presidential Mansion, attended by astir 110 guests.

Among those contiguous volition beryllium elder ministers, Archbishop Ieronymos II, PASOK person Nikos Androulakis, Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff Dimitrios Choupis, arsenic good arsenic starring figures from concern and culture.

From the edifice to the Roman Agora

Following their accomplishment and transportation to the edifice “Grande Bretagne,” Emmanuel Macron and Kyriakos Mitsotakis volition instrumentality portion successful a nationalist treatment titled “Challenges for Europe – The Road to Tomorrow.”

Macron successful Athens

The French president is making a important sojourn to Athens contiguous and time to sign, unneurotic with the Greek premier minister, the renewal of the Greek-French strategical statement for different 5 years.