E
specially if one ponders the growing
uncertainty that is apparently spreading
throughout the Arabic world, it becomes
obvious that the Greek government must follow
up developments with caution, extending, at the
same time, the horizons of its economic diploma-
cy to new target-markets and consolidating its
“gains” in countries or regions where Greek enter-
prises are operating, such as the Balkans.
In this context, the government is also called to
offer a comprehensive solution to both the fiscal,
and the growth and investment, deficits of the
country, and to prepare a feasible investment plan
without delay. Such a plan will enable Greece to
build a new image, based on a reliable policy,
leading to growth and the exit to the crisis.
This is the first time that ―on such short notice―
a government not only opens the gates to foreign
investors, but also shows new paths of extrover-
sion to Greek enterprises, already having the first
tangible results to show for it. We should remem-
ber that the Greece of the year 2011 is a country
that is dynamically entering the global investment
scene with clear-cut targets, strategies and
demands, exploiting the growth features that will
shape its immediate future. However, the promo-
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Attracting investments and, at the
same time, promoting Greek entre-
preneurship beyond the borders of
a country that is simultaneously
facing a domestic economic crisis
and a global recession, seems to be
a formidable task.
Greece
is
seriously
and
strategically
opening
the gateways to the
world’s
markets
By Spyros Kouvelis,
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
