{"id":3094,"date":"2026-04-29T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=3094"},"modified":"2026-04-29T13:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:50:00","slug":"konstantinos-tasoulas-connectivity-key-for-national-security-and-economic-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=3094","title":{"rendered":"Konstantinos Tasoulas: Connectivity key for national security and economic growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Three Seas initiative ensures, through connectivity, national security and economic growth at the same time, President of the Republic, <b>Konstantinos Tasoulas, <\/b>from <b>Dubrovnik.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a statement after the conclusion of the <b>11th Summit of the Three Seas Initiative<\/b>, in Dubrovnik, Konstantinos Tasoulas noted that &#8220;connectivity in the energy, transport and digital development is key to national security and economic development&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said that &#8220;at the Three Seas Initiative Business Forum today, here in Dubrovnik, the review of the ten-year existence of this initiative was discussed. <b>We unanimously concluded that this Three Seas Initiative ensures, through connectivity, national security and economic growth at the same time.<\/b> Connectivity in the energy sector, in the transport sector and in the digital development sector is key to national security and economic growth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The President of the Republic noted that &#8220;<b>Greece, even though it has only been a member of this initiative for three years, has a lot of potential and is a leader in connectivity, which is the goal and requirement of this initiative<\/b>. Through Greece, energy will be increasingly directed northwards, contributing to the <b>energy sufficiency of Central and South-Eastern Europe<\/b>&#8220;. &#8220;So, from here, the national security and the economic development of all these countries participating in the Initiative is supported, thanks to Greece&#8217;s participation and thanks to Greece&#8217;s political will to lead in this field,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, in his intervention at the Presidents&#8217; Meeting at the Business Forum, Tasoulas, responding to a question on the future of the Three Seas Initiative Summit, noted that &#8220;Greece is a member since 2023, but we have adopted the original idea. This same initiative, in my opinion, <b>redefines and extends our borders, our energy borders, our digital borders and our transport borders<\/b>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Greece is a gateway for natural gas<\/h3>\n<p>He also argued that &#8220;<b>Greece has become a key gateway for natural gas to the north, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine and thus we are expanding our potential.<\/b> This makes us more powerful and, of course, we are pioneers in this project. In fact, I believe that we are moving faster than the European Union and we are an example for the <b>European Union<\/b>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then, Mr. Tasoulas stressed that &#8220;as far as the geopolitical crisis we are facing today, with the <b>war in Ukraine and the Middle East<\/b> is concerned, what is happening in our region &#8211; in Central, Southwest and Southeast Europe &#8211; is the answer to our concerns. We have strong concerns because of the conflicts, but we also have the answers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After the wars, we will continue to work together in three areas &#8211; transport, energy and digital connectivity. This cooperation will make us stronger, more productive and more efficient. <b>This is the future of our region, this is the future of Europe, and I believe that this is the future of a world that is currently being tested by conflict<\/b>,&#8221; the President concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Three Seas initiative ensures, through connectivity, national security and economic growth, at the same time, he stressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3094","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\/3094","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=3094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}