France and Germany want penalties on Tehran for aiding regional allies but top EU diplomat says they could undermine other efforts
A day before a visit here by Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, FM George Gerapetritis was received by his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Violence from Lebanon to Iraq to the Red Sea all but amounts to an undeclared regional war, with Iran-backed militants fighting Israel and the U.S.
"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
The collapse of the Syrian regime destroyed Iran’s ‘axis of resistance,’ and brought Turkish-backed Islamists to Israel’s doorstep instead