“The big winner from the NATO Conference was NATO itself, which is expanding and gaining members that we did not imagine could join until a few months ago,” Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Barvitsiotis told the radio station today. “Real FM”. He added that NATO is now emerging as the only shield against the Russian threat […]
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M. Varvitsiotis: We are not ready to suffer any rhetoric and any aggressive mood from Turkey
“Yesterday’s decision for Sweden and Finland to join NATO is clearly a victory for the North Atlantic Alliance, which is coming back even stronger and with new dynamics, creating a new framework for cooperation with Europe,” said Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis V. , in today’s interview on SKAI TV station. In particular, regarding yesterday’s decision […]
M. Varvitsiotis: ‘Greece to play a leading role in the processes for our common European future’
“Europe, united only in values, can face crises,” said Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, who accompanied President Katerina Sakellaropoulou today during her official visit to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. In particular, in his post on social media, on the occasion of the speech of the President of the Republic in the Plenary Session […]
M. Varvitsiotis: European Council expresses deep concern over recent statements by Turkey
“Once again we have managed to make explicit reference to Turkey in the draft conclusions of the European Council, in view of the June 23-24 Summit,” said Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, who attended the General Affairs Council in Luxembourg. In a Twitter post, he noted that “the Council calls on Ankara to respect the […]
M. Varvitsiotis: Greece supports Sweden’s request for NATO membership
The Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Barvitsiotis had a meeting today with the Minister of European Affairs of Sweden Hans Dahlgren in Athens earlier today. Sweden’s accession to NATO was at the center of the talks, with Mr Varvitsiotis expressing Greece ‘s support for the request by Sweden and Finland, noting that its submission was a […]
The participation of M. Varvitsiotis in the General Affairs Council and the great challenges for Europe
At this stage, Europe is facing great challenges and at tomorrow’s meeting of the General Affairs Council in Luxembourg, Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis will discuss with his counterparts the issues of a “rich” agenda that will affect the next day in the EU. Ε. In the shadow of the Russian invasion of Ukraine that […]
M. Varvitsiotis: International Law is our ‘weapon’ against revisionism
“We do not fall into the trap of tension and polarization, but we leave nothing unanswered,” said Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis in an interview with the newspaper “Macedonia on Sunday”. As Mr. Varvitsiotis stressed, the internationalization of the Turkish provocation in combination with the strengthening of the deterrent power of the country and the […]
M. Varvitsiotis: Greece does not play games of polarization and artificial tension with Turkey
“Greece does not play games of polarization and artificial tension with Turkey,” said Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis in an article in the newspaper “TOMANIFESTO”. “Against a rhetoric of other times and illegal and unhistorical demands, our country responds with calmness and determination”, points out Mr. Varvitsiotis. It proposes international legitimacy, historical truth and strong […]
M. Varvitsiotis: Mitsotakis’s Greece is not Erdogan’s Turkey
“Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s Greece is not Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkey,” Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis told Star Channel. As mentioned in his announcement, M. Varvitsiotis stressed that Greece will not play the game of polarization, but at the same time “we are fully prepared and determined to defend our national sovereignty, if this is deemed necessary.” In […]
M. Varvitsiotis: Turkey’s annoyance with Greece-US relations confirms that Greek policy was correct
“Turkey’s annoyance over the deepening of Greek-American relations confirms that the strategy on which the drafting of the Greek-American defense agreement was based was correct,” Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis told Radio Athens Today. . In particular, the Deputy Minister stressed that these relations were cultivated in a much more systematic context by the Mitsotakis […]