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