The priorities of the Greek Chairmanship of the Council of Europe were the focus of Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Miltiadis Varvitsiotis’ telephone conversation today with Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Grushko. The Russian Deputy Minister congratulated Mr. Varvitsiotis on Greece’s assumption of the Chairmanship and expressed the Russian side’s will to contribute to the success of the Greek Chairmanship.
During the conversation, the Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs expressed Greece’s request for the return of the Greek Jewish Community’s archives, which were stolen by the Nazis during World War II and are currently in Russia.
June 9, 2020