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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

The meeting is part of the 5th Strategic Dialogue Greece-United States

Talks revolved on bilateral and regional issues, with a focus on the Mideast, according to diplomatic sources

"Greece, as a robust member of the European Union and belonging to the broader Eastern Mediterranean region, can engage with the involved parties. It is one of the few countries with this capability precisely because it has built diplomatic capital through the foreign policy principles it exercises," he noted

In an interview with Al Arabiya news channel Gerapetritis said that both humanitarian aid as well the possibility of the conflict escalating is of great concern

In indirectly referring to Turkish claims, he said issues of sovereignty have not been raised, nor will they ever be, he added

The Greek side briefed the US Secretary of State on Athens’ positions regarding the Mideast and expressing Athens' concern over a regional spillover of the crisis.

The British side requested the meeting a day after the British Prime Minister abruptly cancelled a scheduled meeting with visiting Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis.