The ceremony for the handover of the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe from Greece to Germany will take place at 13:00 on Wednesday, 18 November 2020. Due to the restrictions imposed by the pandemic, the handover ceremony will take place online.
Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Miltiadis Varvitsiotis will preside over the session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, in his capacity as Chair of the CoE Committee of Ministers. The speech of the Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs will be streamed live on the official website of the Greek Chairmanship https://coegreekchairmanship2020.gov.gr/social-media/.
This will be the final session of the six-month Greek Chairmanship, which began on 15 May 2020.
During the session, Mr. Varvitsiotis will carry out an assessment of the Greek Chairmanship, subsequently handing over the Chairmanship to German Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas, whose country is assuming the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for the next six months.
The ceremony will be followed by joint statements, which will be live streamed at about 14:30 on the official website of the Greek Chairmanship https://coegreekchairmanship2020.gov.gr/social-media/
November 17, 2020