Ομιλία του Πρωθυπουργού Α. Σαμαρά στην ετήσια διάλεξη του Ιδρύματος Σταύρος Νιάρχος: Η Νέα Ελλάδα: παράγοντας σταθερότητας στην Ανατολική Μεσόγειο

Απόσπασμα από την ομιλία του Πρωθυπουργού κ. Αντώνη Σαμαρά στην ετήσια διάλεξη του Ιδρύματος Σταύρος Νιάρχος με θέμα: “Η Νέα Ελλάδα: παράγοντας σταθερότητας στην Ανατολική Μεσόγειο” στο Peterson Institute for International Economics. 

Dear friends,

let me also share with you a very recent geopolitical or, if you wish, geostrategic development in our region that offers rich and new opportunities.

Greece is going through a deep crisis, currently making its first steps out of it. But we are not alone in that. Cyprus is going through a similar painful path. It is also coming out gradually. Israel has gone through different crises in the last decades…

And all three countries have other things in common as well:

They are all western types of Democracy.

They have natural resources in the sea area among them, resources they need to develop and transport. So there is a large scope in their cooperation. And in a few years, when all these resources combined will be fully developed. There is a latest geological survey here in the United States which says that they could provide for almost 50% of the total European demand in energy!

Thus, they can simultaneously address three types of energy problems for Europe: They can provide for environmentally friendly energy, they can provide for cheap energy and they can provide for energy diversification for Europe.

These countries know how to achieve stability, they appreciate the value of stability and they understand that stability can offer synergies.

They have good reason to join forces, since they share common values of Freedom, Democracy, Security, Justice and Prosperity.

They must combine their efforts and exhaust their synergies, because there is no Freedom without Security, as there is no Peace without Justice; in the very same manner there is no Prosperity without Peace and Stability.

Απόσπασμα από: http://www.primeminister.gov.gr/2013/10/02/12381