“We have to play a very important role as a country that talks to all key players in the Middle East,” the prime minister said
The hope that the agreement signed to Sharm El Sheikh will be the foundation stone for a definitive solution in the Middle East was expressed by the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis During his regular meeting with the President of the Republicf Costa Tasoula.
Mr. Mitsotakis noted that in a short time he will depart for Sharm El Sheikh Where Greece is invited, one of the few European countries, invited and emphasized the emotion caused by the hostage -release scenes “two years after Hamas’ horrific invasion of Israel”.
He said it seems to be closing this chapter, but at the same time for the first time the road to reach something much greater, while congratulating President Trump on his insistence on approaching this unsolvable equation of the Palestinian problem through a different point of view.
“I am glad that Greece will be represented today in Egypt and is one of the few European countries that have been invited to attend the signature of this important agreement, and I believe we have a very important role as a country that talks to all key players in the Middle East, which is credibility and is a pillar of stability in the Eastern Mediterranean, to put our own services at the disposal of those who will coordinate the next steps of this extremely complex peace effort, ”said Mitsotakis.
Finally, Mr. Mitsotakis expressed hope that today will be the beginning of an effort that will lead to ending the painful conflict “Which cannot fail to end up with a political solution of two states, which will be in peace, and this is the only solution that can give a viable horizon of peaceful coexistence to the peoples of the region.”
Referring to the issue that emerged By guarding the monument of the unknown soldier Mr Mitsotakis expressed his surprise because “in Greece we cannot agree with some obvious and self -evident.”
Pointed out that the monument has a great deal of special weight and needs a separate protection, Adding that the proposal that made the Ministry of National Defense take over the cleaning, promotion, care, maintenance of this very important monument, which is identified with the history of our nation, will soon come to the House. Obviously, the safeguarding of the class remains the sole responsibility of the Ministry of Citizen Protection. “All this will be clear with the provision that will come to the House. And I want to believe that opposition parties, which rushed to invest in one, I would say, out of place and time “revolutionary gymnastics“, they will at least understand the importance of being able to be absolutely obvious: to highlight and protect this monument and, above all, to preserve its true character,” said Mitsotakis.
K. Tasoulas: Greece to play a role in the desirable rebuilding of Gaza
For his part, the President of the Republic, Konstantinos Tasoulas, referred to the meeting that the Prime Minister would have in Egypt, with other leaders from around the world. “It is of historical importance because it seems that with the peace treaty signed in Egypt, in the presence of the American president, who is also the master of all these developments, and I think, as you rightly said, he deserves congratulations on this drastic initiative, we will all go well, It will therefore be attempted to come to a peace in the Middle East, which is not about the period from Hamas’ heinous attack two years ago in Kibutz, Israel, but essentially from the first Arab -Israeli war of 1948. In essence, a crisis, a hassle, a repetition of conflict and incredible hatred that has been lasting over 77 years, seems to be resolved in terms of duration and peaceful coexistence, “Mr Tasoulas said.
And he went on to say: “Greece is particularly interested in developments in the Middle East beyond that it is in our wider region. We have always been interlocutors on both sides, regardless of whether we are a strategic partner and ally of Israel, we never cut contact with the Palestinian part. We participated in humanitarian aid to Gaza, we accommodated children injured, sick in Greek hospitals. We have kept, I think, an attitude that showed that Greece plays a role in the region and I hope, if all goes smoothly, Greece will play a role in the desirable rebuilding of Gaza. “
On the subject of the unknown soldier’s monument, the President of the Republic said that “I was thinking after the confrontation that existed, that the ideal way to handle this issue – because you have opened a dialogue and I think it is worth it, current political timeliness. It is not easy to sterilize the issue in our minds from current political news, but it would be worth doing it, seeing how the corresponding monuments are in all countries of the world, regardless of all countries of the world, regardless of political regime, and to think that this monument is symbolized by them. The most murderous battles of our nation and the most glorious are written on the porch, on the wall behind the cenotaph – because I remember it is a cenotaph, it is not a mere work of art – and to realize that it represents the unknown soldier, His destination “and concluded by saying:” You have set a matter in question, however, proof is the intensity. I wanted to ask you to give time to the dialogue and, above all, to make this dialogue to be made as far as possible from current political news. The more objectively we see it, the clearer it will be how we all want this monument to be. “