Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos was briefed on the situation in Imbros, following today’s earthquake, by Greece’s Consul General in Istanbul, Mr. Matthioudakis, who is in ongoing contact with the Metropolitan and the Greek community on the island.
A team from the Consulate General, headed by consul Mr. Maligoudis, is on its way to the island.
On the instructions of Mr. Venizelos, the Foreign Ministry’s Secretary General, Ambassador Mitsialis, conveyed to his Turkish counterpart Greece’s readiness to provide any necessary assistance.
May 24, 2014