{"id":11346,"date":"2026-06-17T21:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11346"},"modified":"2026-06-17T21:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:59:00","slug":"papastavrou-the-u-s-senates-approval-of-the-eastern-mediterranean-gateway-act-is-a-strong-vote-of-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11346","title":{"rendered":"Papastavrou: The U.S. Senate\u2019s approval of the Eastern Mediterranean Gateway Act is a strong vote of confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A major development for the geopolitics and <b>energy <\/b>upgrade for the region comes from <b>Washington<\/b>, confirming the <b>critical role of our country\u2019s regional alliances<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The <b>approval <\/b>of the <b>Eastern Mediterranean Gateway Act<\/b> by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee of the <b>United States<\/b>, constitutes a <b>strong vote of confidence in the strategic importance of the Eastern Mediterranean plays in the new energy security architecture being built by Greece is building with Cyprus, Israel, and the United States of America<\/b>, according to a post by <b>the Minister of Environment and Energy Stavros Papastavrou<\/b>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201c\u201cThis is yet another step,\u201d he adds, \u201cfollowing the particularly substantive meetings we had last Thursday in Houston as part of the 3+1 Energy Ministerial Dialogue, as well as the establishment of the East Med Energy Center (EMEC), a new institution that aims to transform our energy cooperation into tangible projects, investments, and innovation. The Eastern Mediterranean is evolving into a region of stability, energy security, and prosperity. We will continue to work to ensure that the Eastern Mediterranean serves as a bridge for transatlantic cooperation, regional development, and energy resilience for the benefit of the peoples of the wider region.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major development for the region\u2019s geopolitical and energy prospects is coming out of Washington, confirming the crucial role of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}