Japanese Ambassador to Greece Yasuhiro Shimizu paid a visit to the Alexandroupolis Port Authority to express his country’s interest in the northern Greek port’s privatization and investments, especially in the fields of energy and railways, ANA reports.
Declaring that the business environment in Greece has space for improvement, he said that the business environment was “excellent under the new government” and expressed the hope that reforms will continue.
“As the privatization of the port of Alexandroupolis is drawing nearer, it is important that I find myself here, accompanied by associates and representatives of Japanese companies located in Athens, Thessaloniki and Istanbul,” Shimizu noted, of the port, which is being turned into a major energy hub in the East Mediterranean through LNG trade, among other projects. Besides the privatization, Japan is interested in “other activities related to the privatization,” namely, energy, transportation, shipping and the linking of the port with the railway network, he said.
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