News from Greece
Welcome to "News from Greece" section. Here you can stay informed with regard to the latest news and announcements by the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as with news and highlights from Greece by the "Greek News Agenda", a daily bulletin in english, issued by the Secretariat General of Information and Communication.
Greece participated today in the Berlin Conference on Sudan. Sudan is currently the most troubled region in the world. A civil war has been raging for three years, with thirty million displaced people and millions in urgent need of humanitarian aid. It constitutes the largest humanitarian, migration, and food security...
We welcome the initiative by Germany, together with allies and friends, to convene this Ministerial Conference at a very critical juncture of the conflict in Sudan, which has reached aggravating proportions and threatens the region with a serious humanitarian crisis. I wish to welcome the presence of Sudanese civilian voices,...
It is a great pleasure and honour to welcome to Athens today the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Singapore, Vivian Balakrishnan, a distinguished figure in international diplomacy. I had the distinct honour of holding a wide-ranging discussion with him and benefiting from his wisdom and knowledge. This year, Greece and...
Today constitutes a historic day for Greece, for relations between Greece and Libya, and for Greece’s footprint in the wider region and the world. Today, we inaugurate the new building of our Consulate General in Benghazi, a building that truly adorns the city by its presence. The Greek flag now...
The Hellenic Republic has fulfilled its duty. Under the supervision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, more than 2,000 Greek citizens have been safely repatriated from the war zone. From a zone that included more than seven countries in an extremely difficult period, perhaps the most difficult since World War...
G. GERAPETRITIS: It is a great pleasure and honor to meet today in Berlin with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Johann Wadephul. Greek-German relations are currently at a highly satisfactory level. My German counterpart and I meet frequently in Brussels in the context of...
The Foreign Affairs Council convenes today amid an escalating crisis in the wider Middle East. Greece has, as a matter of principle, supported the universal application of International Law, respect for the rights of civilians and, of course, a return to diplomacy rather than war. In particular, with regard to...
