The renovated “Seferi” building of the Consulate General of Greece at Koritsa The Foreign Minister inaugurated today George Gerapetritistogether with Albanian Foreign Minister Igli Hasani.
He was, as Mr Gerapetritis said in his address, for the building where he lived and worked as a consul in 1936-37 by George Seferis, diplomat, poet and later the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1963. He was then a Greek family owned by a Greek family.
As he pointed out, the restoration of the building was initially donated by Greeks from Koritsa and all of Albania, as well as from Greece, as well as institutions and companies from both countries. It was completed at the expense of the Greek state.
«George Seferis was inspired by his stay here and certainly the term of office of a humanist poet of world radiation is an honor for the city. A city, which always had the lead in the letters in the Albanian space, both in Greek and in Albanians, “he noted.
“Continuing the presence of Greek letters in Koritsa, in the tradition of the old renowned Baggio Gymnasium, are the Greek -Albanian school” Homer “, the” Plato “High School, and the Greek Language Tutorial” Aristotle ““, He said.
He referred to the case of Sotir Papahristo, to whom we owe the Albanian translations of most works of the ancient Greek drama and who received his circular training and then worked for many years in this city, Koritsa. “A truly brilliant example of a Greek -Albanian osmosis in the field of spirit.”
«Our embassies and consulates are the image of Greece abroad. The new building of the Consulate General in Koritsa is part of the efforts we have made in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the last two years to upgrade, around the world, the building facilities of our authorities, as of course to digitize the consular services. It is a tangible proof that our concern is the tightening of relationships between homogeneity and motherland“, He pointed out.
«In today’s world, the challenges against freedom and peace are many ”, he stressed. “We start with our neighbors and make sure we promote good neighborly relationships».
«As neighboring and friendly countries, Greece and Albania, we give priority to the stability and prosperity of our wider region, both through the development of our bilateral relations and through the promotion of regional partnerships. Border revision policies are now in the past».
He also thanked the Albanian Foreign Minister for his presence at the inauguration, who, he said, broadcast an important message, and noted that his presence “The Albanian Foreign Ministry has essentially helped to upgrade the relationships of our two countries».
«Today, here in Koritsa, the Greek national minority unites us. And continues to be, as centuries now, the bridge of communication and understanding between the two peoples“, He concluded.
📌 Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis, at the inauguration ceremony of the renovated “Seferi” building of the Consulate General of Greece in Koritsa
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