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State Dept. spox after Rubio - Gerapetritis meeting: Greece is a valued NATO Ally and critical to regional stability

This meeting provides an opportunity for Athens to establish initial contact with the new leadership at the State Department and explore further areas of deepening cooperation.

Greek FM Gerapetritis will be in the U.S. to speak before the United Nations Security Council in New York on Monday and Tuesday, focusing on the war in Ukraine and developments in Syria.

Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis is in Paris participating in the International Conference on Syria, following an invitation from France. Diplomatic sources stress the participation of the country’s Foreign Affairs Minister reaffirms Greece’s strong diplomatic footprint and its role as a reliable interlocutor with all parties. Gerapetritis’s participation comes on the heels of his Middle […]

Regarding the Cyprus issue and the upcoming Five-Party Conference, Greek Foreign Ministry sources emphasize that Greece rules out any discussion on a two-state solution or sovereign equality.

Two days ago, on February 9, he was in Damascus, Syria, where he met with Syria’s transitional leader Ahmad Al-Sarra and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Asaad Αl Shaibani.

Following his meeting in Damascus, Gerapetritis highlighted Greece’s role as a reliable interlocutor with the Arab world, emphasizing the country's commitment to ensuring peace and prosperity in the region

Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis is in India on a 2-day official visit where he met with his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to strengthen Greek Indian relations. Athens considers the visit significant, especially in view of Greece’s participation in the United Nations Security Council for the 2025-26 term. Apart from his meeting with the head […]

Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis will travel to India this week for a two-day visit, beginning on Thursday, where he is scheduled to meet with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Afterwards, expanded talks will take place between members of the visiting Greek delegation with Indian officials from the foreign ministry. On Friday, Gerapetritis will be […]

The development comes on the heels of a tirade by Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, where he 're-drew', in comments at least, Turkey's border to include Greece's second largest city, Thessaloniki

The minister will be briefing the leaders on issues of national interest, with a focus on Greek-Turkish relations, the Cyprus issue, and the evolving situation in Syria.

Strong effort to keep any dispute between the two sides off the table was made as evident by recent statements by both Gerapetritis and Fidan ahead of Friday's meeting.

The Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs met with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Brussels on the sidelines of the Informal Meeting of EU Foreign Ministers on Thursday

The two met on the sidelines of the NATO summit where Greece's foreign minister George Gerapetritis stressed the need for peace, the release of all hostages and more humanitarian aid

Gerapetritis added that a humanitarian crisis was transpiring in Gaza, with the concerns now being spillover in the wider Middle East.  

The Foreign Affairs Council, chaired by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Josep Borrell, takes place in Luxembourg, April 22, starting at 8:30am

The NATO Summit is being held in Brussels on Aprill 3 and 4 and the Greek Foreign Minister has planned meetings with US Sec of State Antony Blinken, Turkey's FM Hakan Fidan and others

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides received visiting Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis in Nicosia on Tuesday evening for a working meeting, talks also attended by Cypriot FM Constantinos Kombos and Deputy Minister of European Affairs Marilena Raouna. The meeting was characterized as part of regular contacts between Athens and Nicosia on a variety of European and […]

The Blinken-Gerapetritis meeting is expected to take place on the sidelines of the NATO meeting between April 3-4

Top diplomat speaks at 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, as Athens also seeks two-year membership with latter institution