Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday signed a bilateral agreement for cooperation between Greece and Ukraine on security, on the sidelines of the European Council in Brussels. Greece is now the 21st European Union member-state to sign a similar bilateral agreement with Ukraine. The agreement …
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Zelensky claims “air defense agreements” with Greek PM
Α post by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky stirred the Greek political landscape on Thursday, raising serious questions about the agreements Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reached during his recent visit to Odessa. Zelensky and Mitsotakis had a phone conversation earlier on Thursday and following the talks, the Ukrainian president posted on …
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Mitsotakis-Zelensky meeting: Greece reiterates support for Ukraine
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated Greece’s support for Ukraine in a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after a bilateral meeting on Monday in Athens. “There is no chance that we will ever recognize the illegal annexation of Ukrainian territories by Russia. We are against all violations of …
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Von der Leyen, Zelensky to attend “EU enlargement talks dinner” in Athens
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen uploaded a message on social media from Athens focusing on European enlargement on Monday ahead of the dinner hosted by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens on the issue. “We need to bring our friends, the aspiring members of the EU much closer …
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Turkey, EU partners express condolences over Greece’s train tragedy
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias on Wednesday to expressed his condolences over the tragic railway accident in Tempi, central Greece. He later posted on Twitter: Yunanistan’da meydana gelen tren kazası nedeniyle mevkidaşım Dendias’ı arayarak taziye dileklerimizi ilettik. Yunan devletinin ve halkının acısını paylaşıyoruz. Spoke …
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Greek President meets Zelensky in Kyiv, expresses full support to Ukrainian people
President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos visited Ukraine on Thursday and had a meeting President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. In statement after the meeting with Zelensky, Sakellaropoulou expressed Greece’s undivided support and solidarity to the heroic Ukrainian people who are already facing nine months …
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“Greece rejects Russia’s attempts to change Ukrainian borders,” Mitsotakis tells Zelensky
Revisionism and the lack of respect for fundamental principles of International Law must be stopped at the beginning, otherwise attackers become confident they can promote their agenda, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday, in his message to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the second online summit of the …
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“Azov is part of Ukrainian Army” Zelensky tells ERT; controversial ethnic Greek fighter dead
The Azov “is part of the Ukrainian army. The Nazis are the Russians.” With a month delay Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said about the video presence of two fighters of the controversial neo-Nazi brigade in the Greek parliament beginning of April, an act that had provoked a storm of reactions. …
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Zelensky to address Greek Parliament: How opposition parties react
Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky will address the Greek parliament via video link two weeks later than originally scheduled. The new date has been set at 12 o’ clock noon on Thursday, April 7, Parliament Speaker confirmed on Monday. Zelensky will address the Parliament via Webex and his speech will last …
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PM Mitsotakis’ assures Zelensky of Greece’s “full support”, dispatch of aid, refugees’ reception
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis assured Ukraine‘s President Volodymyr Zelensky that the Greek government fully supports Ukraine as wells as the dispatch of humanitarian aid and the reception of Ukrainian and ethnic Greek refugees. According to PM’s office, Mitsotakis spoke on the phone with Zelensky on Monday morning, in a …
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