Farantouris: Greece to claim a strong role in the Middle East for our interests

The position that Greece “has to claim a clear and decisively strong role in the Middle East for its interests and Orthodox populations,” said ERT News and a member of his Security & Defense Committee. European parliament, Nicolas Farantouris. “Greece has to say loud ‘I’m here’ about peace, rebuilding and protecting Christian Orthodox and all people in Gaza and the wider region,” N. Farantouris said in the face of today’s Historical Meeting in Egypt For Peace in the presence of President Trump.

“I am moderately optimistic and I wish Peace will be long. Greece must finally come forward. We have the strongest – centuries -old and overwhelming – historical, cultural and religious ties with the region and the parties involved, both the Israeli and the Palestinian people, from any other country and from any other nation in the world. And of course, we have Orthodox Christians and the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. We can and are entitled to actively contribute to peace and stability, “he said.

Establishment of our “Strategic Enclosure” from Turkey

Turkish President Erdogan will attend today in Egypt “upgraded and publicly praised by President Trump” who credits him that he has been back in peace, the Greek MEP said. “There is one way for the neutralization of Greek neo -Ottomanism and the” strategic encirclement “of Greece from Palestine to North Africa and Libya: the robust presence of Greece everywhere where it has interests, Orthodox populations, Orthodox populations Agia Catherine Monastery in Sinai coke. From Syria to Egypt and Palestine »

Stillness hurts

“In international relations and geopolitics, against friends and enemies, allies and opponents, immobility is hurting,” said the Greek MEP and University professor. “If we are to be credible, we must be active and contemplative for our national interests. Eleftherios Venizelos used to say, “My interlocutors only understand when I talk to them” the interests “of my homeland. And we have interests in the Eastern Mediterranean region. When we do not defend them, we lose weight, both against opponents and allies. “

Continuing, Mr. Farantouris referred to the electrical interconnection (cable) of Greece-Cyprus and three years ago in the East Med gas pipeline. “Abandoning such works sends the wrong message. It shows that we are not ready to defend our interests. The withdrawal, stillness and departure have never benefited international relations, “the MEP concluded.

View the statements in detail:

#Gauze Greece must claim a purely & decisively strong role in the Middle East for # Its: the Orthodox populations, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Alexandria & Antioch, the Monastery #Sinai etc. to “raise the hand” today and to demand a role. pic.twitter.com/tddSuCBzCQ

– Nikolas Farantouris / Nikolas Farantouris (@nfarantouris) October 13, 2025