Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias to travel to New York to attend the 77th UN General Assembly High-Level Week: indicative schedule of bilateral and multilateral contacts

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, will travel today to New York in order to participate in the High-Level Week of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

From Monday, September 19 to Wednesday, September 23, he will have a series of bilateral and multilateral contacts, while he is also expected to take part in some of the Prime Minister’s meetings as well.

The schedule of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, N. Dendias, has been formulated so far, as follows:

Monday, September 19:

Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Jordan, Ayman Safadi

Trilateral meeting with the Foreign Ministers of Cyprus Ioannis Kasoulides and Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan

Bilateral meeting of Foreign Ministers of Greece and Cypru

Meeting with the American Jewish Committee leadership

Meeting with the President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly Csaba Kőrösi

Meeting with the Foreign Minister of Cape Verde Rui Alberto de Figueiredo Soare

Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the European Union

Tuesday, September 20:

The Minister of Foreign Affairs will represent Greece at the opening of the UN General Assembly

Meeting with Foreign Minister of Egypt, Sameh Shoukry

Trilateral meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Greece, Cyprus, and Egypt

Meeting with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki

Meeting with Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili

Meeting with the Foreign Minister of Chad, Chérif Mahamat Zene

Meeting with Foreign Minister of Rwanda, Vincent Biruta

Wednesday, September 21:

Meeting with the Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic, Roberto Alvarez Gil

Meeting with the Foreign Minister of Jamaica, Kamina Johnson Smith

Participation in the High-Level Event "Preventing FSO Safer Tanker Spill in the Red Sea" hosted by Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra

Meeting with the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Nayef Falah Al-Hajraf

Meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama, Erika Mouynes

Thursday, September 22:

Meeting with the Foreign Minister of Moldova, Nicu Popescu

Meeting with the Foreign Minister of North Macedonia, Bujar Osmani

Meeting with the Foreign Minister of Madagascar, Richard James Randriamandrato

Meeting with the Foreign Minister of Mauritania, Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug

Meeting with the US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland

Meeting with Minister of External Affairs of India, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Participation in the Ministerial Meeting of the Ancient Civilizations Forum

Meeting with Minister of State for International Cooperation at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Reem Al Hashimy

Transatlantic Dinner with the participation of the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken

Friday, September 23:

Meeting with Foreign Minister of Tanzania, Liberata Mulamula

Meeting with Foreign Minister of the Philippines, Enrique Manalo

Meeting with the Foreign Minister of Palau, Gustav Aitaro

Working Lunch of the Foreign Ministers of the South-East European Cooperation Process

In the context of the above-mentioned meetings, apart from topics pertaining to the strengthening of bilateral relations, issues of regional and global interest, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the energy crisis, developments in North Africa, the South-Eastern Mediterranean, the Western Balkans, as well as the promotion of the Greek candidacy for a seat on the UN Security Council for the 2025-26 term, our candidacy for the Human Rights Council for the 2028-30 term and the Presidency of the UN General Assembly in 2035, will be discussed.

A number of bilateral agreements are scheduled to be signed, as well.

September 18, 2022