“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs supports the extroversion and export potential of Greek businesses,” said Deputy Foreign Minister, responsible for financial diplomacy and extroversion, Mr. Tasos Hatzivasiliou Speaking to Real FM on Monday morning.
As he said, in Madrid, the head of business mission, Greek producers and exporters will participate in an important business forum where they will be able to consider yet another large European market, Spanish, in which Greek products are sought after. “For the first time in years of such a mission in Spain,” he said.
Responding to a question asked by journalists, Nikos Hatzinikolaou and Katia Makri, he pointed out that this was a Greek diplomatic success that the debate on any third -country country cooperation, such as Turkey, with the European Union, in the field of defense, demands.
‘The Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the Foreign Minister, George Gerapetritis, handle foreign policy issues with severity and vision. The government is not an advocate of inactivity but of active diplomacy under international law, “he said. As he also pointed out, “it is not meant to want a third country to want to receive European capital and to participate in defense programs and to threaten an EU country, Greece,”.
Responding to opposition objections, he noted: “No danger, it takes seriousness. We are talking in evidence. Anyone who does not believe, let’s refer to European texts. “
For the Cyprus, The Deputy Minister emphasized that Greece is steadily defending the positions of the Republic of Cyprus and insists, together with the international community, in the only acceptable solution: “bi -communal, bi -zonal federation on the basis of UN Security Council decisions”.
Then talking about the situation in the Gauze, He stressed that Greece as the chairman of the UN Security Council is in the leadership of the initiatives to end hostilities and immediate humanitarian aid. In the same context, he reminded the joint statement of 80 Member States, which was achieved at the initiative of Greece and Mr Gerapetritis in New York to protect civilians in the armed areas, including Gaza.