“The situation now in Gaza is far from tragic, and no civilized man can accept this,” said Deputy Foreign Minister Tasos Hatzivasiliou, as part of his position in the House.
As he said, “Greece, as a chairing country at the United Nations Security Council, is making every effort to find a solution.” He noted that “Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis is in New York because he is chairing a very important discussion about the protection of civilians in war zones. This debate is done on a Greek initiative, which is the greatest proof of Greece’s strong role in this critical juncture. “
The Deputy Foreign Minister also referred to the prime minister’s statement in an interview, saying that “Israel must now stop war operations in order to immediately reach Gaza for humanitarian aid.” And he added that Hamas’s horrific attack then does not obviously justify the current situation in the lane. ” Mr. Hadjivasiliou also reiterated Greece’s steady position in favor of a two -state solution in the region, on the borders of 1967.
In response to opposition objections, he underlined: “In the EU Foreign Affairs Council (SEY), there was indeed a letter from the Dutch to revise the connection agreement between the European Union and Israel, for which, as I said yesterday in Parliament, the European Counter will decide.”
Regarding rumors of non -voting on the Greek side, he said: “There was nothing to vote. It is a shame for the opposition to mark fake news that the country has not voted or did not support such an initiative. ” He also added that “within the framework of the SEY, a plan for the situation in Gaza was discussed, which Greece has supported and continues to support in every way, and this statement of statement is under negotiated with certain Member States that have reservations.”
He stressed that “if the opposition now means the statement of the donors prepared by the British, it is exclusively addressed to the great donors to whom Greece is not one. So don’t say inaccuracies that the prime minister or Greece has refused to sign anything. Exposure on your own. “
The deputy minister pointed out in the same context that “we have signed a very rigorous statement against Israel on Gaza on the Security Council. And, in fact, the United Kingdom, Greece, France, Denmark and Slovenia, they have been unacceptable to use humanitarian aid as a lever or as a tactic and, at the initiative of the government and other European states in the Security Council, will be discussed next week, with the sole issue of humanitarian crisis.
Finally, he noted that “within the framework of the World Health Organization (where) Greece today voted in favor of a draft decision on the health situation in Palestine”.