“Everyone should be concerned about ensuring Syria’s territorial integrity and protecting the country’s religious minorities,” Mitsotakis noted.
Mitsotakis is likely to stress that the European Union cannot remain absent from developments in the Middle East and the post-conflict situation in Syria.
PM Mitsotakis said Greece would back Albania's accession to the EU as long as it respected the rights of its ethnic Greek minority.
The Council’s agenda will include critical issues amid developments in the Middle East, as well as the ongoing Ukraine-Russian war.
Mitsotakis, in essence, sets in motion the plan to impose restrictions on children under the age of 15 years having access to social media, in an attempt to safeguard the country’s youth.
“We always strive for the best possible relationship,” stated PM Mitsotakis.
The prime minister’s visit is highly symbolic and significant, as he is the first leader of a third country, and a member of the European Union, to visit Lebanon after the ceasefire agreement.
“Not only do we belong to the West, but we are part of the West."
Earlier on Friday, the Greek Premier chaired a session of the National Security Council and discussed the Syrian crisis.
Addressing banking fees, the prime minister emphasized the need for a more competitive banking system that benefits borrowers and depositors alike.
PM Mitsotakis' trip to Lebanon, originally scheduled for today, has been postponed due to a technical malfunction in the official government aircraft designated for the journey.
Today’s meeting seemed a step to try to cool tensions, and perhaps pave the way for some bipartisan legislation.
Regarding Greece's longstanding request for the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, government sources emphasize that this matter is primarily being discussed with the British Museum.
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The prime minister specifically referred to recent speculations regarding his government’s intention of imposing an extraordinary tax on banks, by dismissing any such prospect as unfounded.
The discussion about the Parthenon Marbles remains a longstanding request for Greece addressed not only to the British government, but also to the British Museum.
Asked about the troubling impression caused by the suspension of a sentence imposed against Aris FC after the blackmail and threats lobbed by Theodoros Karpidis, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed that the government had no involvement in the matter
"If Karypidis wanted to give us a heads up, he’d have gone to the prosecutor. He wouldn’t have called me and told me at least twice to go tell Mitsotakis," Nikos Tachiaos stresses, explaining his decision to take the matter to the justice system after the threats from the Aris FC executive
Mitsotakis added that statements by former PM Antonis Samaras against the government's foreign policy, and his scathing criticism of FM Gerapetritis, was 'unacceptable'
PM Mitsotakis cabinet will meet at 11:00 and discussions will focus on the Greek economy.