“THAT revisionism it has no place in the modern era and must be condemned wherever it comes from,” the Foreign Minister stressed. Nikos Dendiasin his statements after meeting with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malta Jan Borg in Athens.

During the meeting, as Mr. Dendias noted, invasion of Russia V Ukrainethe inadmissibility of attempts to change borders by force and the general obligation to support Ukraine at all levels, as well as international law and the international law of the sea, UNCLOS.

But, as he stressed, “the EU must also pay attention to the Mediterranean. Ukraine is something extremely important, but the EU must have a 360-degree policy.”

“The Mediterranean is extremely important, the northern coast of Africa should by no means be ignored. If we ignore it, big problems will be created for Europe in many areas: immigration, terrorism. The southern borders of Europe also need our attention,” he stressed.

It has even been discussed “that the crisis in Sudan apart from the extremely unpleasant consequences that this has on the population and citizens of Europe, this may be an opportunity to step up our efforts to create a scheme for the permanent deployment of EU forces, especially for the release of EU citizens.”

“I criticized in Brussels and during our discussion in the Council the failure of the EU to organize a joint operation to free our citizens from Sudan” and added that Greece is doing everything possible to free its citizens and any others it can.

He recalled that yesterday he was admitted to Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Citizens of Romania and Finland which the Greek plane delivered to Athens. As the Minister of Foreign Affairs noted, the visit of his Maltese counterpart to Athens reflects the firm will of both sides to further strengthen Greek-Maltese relations.

He also thanked him for attending yesterday’s MFA event to nominate Greece for a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the period 2025-26.

The presence of the Maltese minister is of particular importance as Malta is your country and is currently a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (2023-2024).

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