The agenda of the two leaders’ meeting
A meeting of Kyriakos Mitsotakis is taking place, in Megaros Maximos, with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, who is on an official visit to our country.
This will be followed by an expanded meeting with the participation of delegations.
After that, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the President of Ukraine will make statements to the press.
This is Volodymyr Zelensky’s first official visit to our country, and the first after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, following an invitation extended to him by Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
The timing of Zelensky’s visit to Athens, which was organized under conditions of secrecy for security reasons on the day of the arrival of the leaders of the region at the invitation of the Prime Minister, is not accidental and highlights the pivotal role of Greece in the region and in the Euro-Atlantic perspective of both the Balkans and the eastern neighborhood (the President of Moldova will also be present), Where Athens becomes a bridge for meetings that bring together all the leaders of the region from the Balkans to Ukraine.
In the evening, the President of Ukraine will take part in an informal dinner organized by Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Maximus Palace with the participation of the leaders of the Western Balkan countries and countries of the region, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the President. From the European Council, Charles Michel. Dinner in the presence of:
- Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic
- Moldovan President Maia Sandu
- President of Montenegro Jakov Milatović
- Romanian Prime Minister Ion Marcel Ciulacu
- Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti
- Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Borgana Cristo
- North Macedonian Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski
- Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov
- Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic
According to the information, the Greek Prime Minister is expected to reiterate that Greece, which has stood on the right side of history from the first moment by supporting Ukraine without asterisks, will continue to support Ukraine defensively, humanitarianly and from its Euro-Atlantic perspective.
It is reported that, following NATO decisions, whether at the Madrid summit or in Vilnius, Greece joined the G7 leaders’ declaration regarding support for Ukraine, in which the alliance’s decisions were repeated and its support continued in defense and economic terms, whether at the bilateral level or through the European Union. and NATO.
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