{"id":1793797,"date":"2026-06-05T07:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hellastoday.com\/news\/2026\/06\/05\/greece-and-south-africa-can-build-a-modern-strategic-economic-relationship\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T07:35:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:35:04","slug":"greece-and-south-africa-can-build-a-modern-strategic-economic-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hellastoday.com\/news\/2026\/06\/05\/greece-and-south-africa-can-build-a-modern-strategic-economic-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece and South Africa can build a modern strategic economic relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Speaking at the conference \u201cGreece \u2013 South Africa: Cooperation \u2013 Investment \u2013 Growth,\u201d the President of the Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Vassilis Korkidis, highlighted the prospects for strengthening bilateral economic and business relations between Greece and South Africa, as well as the role of the private sector as a catalyst for new investments and strategic partnerships.<\/h3>\n<p>As he noted, at a time when the global economy is undergoing rapid transformation, cooperation between countries that share common values and a commitment to sustainable development is becoming increasingly important. \u201cGreece and South Africa possess all the necessary foundations to build a modern strategic economic partnership with a long-term perspective,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Korkidis emphasized that the two countries are linked by longstanding ties of friendship, mutual respect, and cooperation, creating favorable conditions for further leveraging the opportunities offered by their respective economies. Referring to the Greek economy, he stressed that the country has emerged stronger from its prolonged economic crisis and is evolving into an attractive investment destination, supported by a stable macroeconomic environment, upgraded credit ratings, and significant investment opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, he underlined that Greece, capitalizing on its geostrategic location, serves as a natural gateway to the markets of Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, the Balkans, and the Middle&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naftemporiki.gr\/english\/2119849\/korkidis-greece-and-south-africa-can-build-a-modern-strategic-economic-relationship\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=korkidis-greece-and-south-africa-can-build-a-modern-strategic-economic-relationship\">\u0394\u0399\u0391\u0392\u0391\u03a3\u03a4\u0395 \u039f\u039b\u039f \u03a4\u039f \u0391\u03a1\u0398\u03a1\u039f \u0395\u0394\u03a9<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking at the conference \u201cGreece \u2013 South Africa: Cooperation \u2013 Investment \u2013 Growth,\u201d the President of the Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Vassilis Korkidis, highlighted the prospects for strengthening bilateral economic and business relations between Greece and South Africa, as well as the role of the private sector as a catalyst for new investments [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1793798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1793797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hellastoday.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hellastoday.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hellastoday.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellastoday.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellastoday.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1793797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellastoday.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellastoday.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1793798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hellastoday.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1793797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellastoday.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1793797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellastoday.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1793797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}