{"id":11548,"date":"2026-06-18T19:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11548"},"modified":"2026-06-18T19:13:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:13:00","slug":"christos-dimas-regional-cooperation-is-an-opportunity-for-investment-in-the-balkans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11548","title":{"rendered":"Christos Dimas: Regional cooperation is an opportunity for investment in the Balkans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The strategic importance of <b>regional cooperation<\/b> for the development of <b>transportation <\/b>and <b>infrastructure <\/b>was highlighted by <b>the Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation, Christos Dimas<\/b>, during his speech at the Transport Investment Summit in Thessaloniki.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the session \u201cThe Next Wave of Connectivity: Emerging Investment Opportunities Across the Regions,\u201d <b>Mr. Dimas pointed out that the real investment opportunity of the next decade lies in a broader geographic area encompassing the Western Balkans, the Eastern Mediterranean, and countries neighboring the European Union<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that the region has historically faced instability and challenges, but today <b>there is an opportunity to make a strategic choice toward cooperation, which can yield shared economic and social benefits<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>He focused his remarks on the <b>development of major cross-border transport corridors<\/b>, such as the <b>Western Balkans \u2013 Eastern Mediterranean<\/b> and the <b>Baltic \u2013 Black Sea \u2013 Aegean Corridor<\/b>, which can enhance <b>interconnectivity and the flow of goods and investments<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The minister noted that <b>strengthening cooperation requires not only infrastructure, but also financial instruments, human resources, improved procedures, and effective coordination among countries<\/b>. In closing, he emphasized that success depends on the ability of states to coordinate effectively, noting that \u201ccooperation is the key to sustainable development and investment stability in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation highlighted the strategic importance of regional cooperation for the development of transportation and infrastructure, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11548","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\/11548","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=11548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}