The Minister of Foreign Affairs George Gerapetritis
November 22, 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs George Gerapetritis’ address at the swearing-in ceremony of the 28th Class of Candidate Embassy Attachés (Athens, 22.11.2024)
Your Excellency, President of the Hellenic Republic, Your presence here today at this significant moment, as we welcome our new Attachés, is a great honor for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Each new class of Attachés symbolizes not only the continuity of foreign policy but, above all, the patriotic feelings of young people. These are […]
November 19, 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs George Gerapetritis’ address at the event of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on “Institutional Initiatives for gender equality” (Athens, 19.11.2024)
Your Excellency High Commissioner, dear friends, Today marks a special day for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic. The presentation of the Equality Action Plan 2024-2027 is, I believe, the culmination of a philosophy and approach, which permeate the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Greek Public Administration as a whole. Since […]
November 15, 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs George Gerapetritis to participate in the EU Foreign Affairs Council (Brussels, 18.11.2024)
Minister of Foreign Affairs, George Gerapetritis, will participate in the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, on Monday, November 18. The Council's agenda includes the war in Ukraine and the crisis in the Middle East. Discussions will also cover EU-US relations, developments in Georgia, and regional instability in the Horn of Africa. Before the Foreign […]
November 10, 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs George Gerapetritis to meet with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba (Athens, 11.11.2024)
Minister of Foreign Affairs, George Gerapetritis, will meet with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, tomorrow, Monday, November 11, at 11:00 am.
November 8, 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs George Gerapetritis’ interview on ERT TV and journalist Yannis Moutsios (Athens, 08.11.2024)
JOURNALIST: Thank you for being with us tonight on a significant yet difficult day. G. GERAPETRITIS: Thank you for your invitation, Mr. Moutsios. We always choose public television to inform on every major meeting regarding our national issues. JOURNALIST: Let’s move on now to the important meeting you had with Mr. Fidan. Could you make […]
November 8, 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs George Gerapetritis’ statements following his meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye, Hakan Fidan (Athens, 08.11.2024)
I welcome the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye, Mr. Fidan, to Greece. Following the meeting of the leaders of our countries in Vilnius last year, where the framework of our dialogue was established, I visited Ankara, where I referred to our 3 main objectives: • to address the major issues and alleviate tensions so […]
November 7, 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs George Gerapetritis’ interview with Hürriyet newspaper and journalist Hande Firat (07.11.2024)
“My vision is one of lasting peace in our neighborhood and prosperity for both our peoples” JOURNALIST: The positive dynamic in the bilateral relations, the Athens Declaration, the positive agenda, the prospects for resolving issues, and the future of Greek-Turkish relations. G. GERAPETRITIS: It has been almost 15 months since the two countries' leaders decided […]
November 7, 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs George Gerapetritis to meet with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye, Hakan Fidan (Athens, 08.11.2024)
Minister of Foreign Affairs, George Gerapetritis, will welcome the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye, Hakan Fidan, tomorrow, Friday, November 8, at 10:30 a.m., at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Following the Ministers' bilateral meeting, the delegations will hold expanded talks. Joint press statements will be delivered around 12:30 p.m. A working […]
November 6, 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs George Gerapetritis’ address at the event for the presentation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Strategic Plan for Greeks Abroad (Athens, 06.11.2024)
Dear Prime Minister, dear friends, Today is a great day for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, because we have the pleasure of presenting a visionary Strategic Plan. All of us at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have warmly embraced it. And today we are particularly pleased to present the Strategic Plan for Greeks Abroad 2024-2027, […]
October 24, 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs George Gerapetritis’ statement to journalists following his participation in the International Conference in Support of Lebanon’s People and Sovereignty (Paris, 24.10.2024)
G. GERAPETRITIS: At a difficult time for the Middle East and for humanity, the French President has invited representatives of the G20, the European Union and the Arab world to an extraordinary meeting in Paris, today, to discuss ways of containing the crisis in Lebanon so that we can finally achieve the highly desired peace. […]