At the airport in Adana Turkeythe plane carrying the minister of foreign affairs landed shortly after 9 am this Sunday Nikos Dendias.
He was in Adana where he was greeted by his Turkish colleague Mevlut Cavusoglu.
After a half-hour meeting in Adana, the two foreign ministers will fly by helicopter to Antioch.
Visit of N. Dendias to Turkey This was announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs early Sunday morning. and as Kathimerini and SKAI correspondent Manolis Kostidis previously reported, the details of the trip were agreed between Athens and Ankara on Saturday evening.
12.02 | Foreign Secretary @NikosDendias will visit Turkey today. Throughout the visit, the minister will be accompanied by his Turkish counterpart M. Cavusoglu.
Announcement ⤵️ https://t.co/yChfLBuHBw pic.twitter.com/AVYJxNoPzU
— Ministry of Foreign Affairs (@GreeceMFA) February 12, 2023
Nikos Dendias is the first European foreign minister to visit Turkey since the deadly terrorist attack in Egelados, and the second in general – the first was yesterday’s foreign minister of Azerbaijan – thereby demonstrating practical support for Greece at the most difficult time for the neighboring country.
The Foreign Minister, who will be accompanied by his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu throughout the visit, will meet with members of the Greek Relief Mission, which is operating in areas affected by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on February 6.
N. Dendias will visit the Operations Center in Antioch and be briefed on the latest developments in the area of search and rescue, as well as the need for humanitarian assistance.
During the visit, ways of further assistance to Greece in the fight against the disaster will be considered.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs instructed the Permanent Mission of our country in Geneva to take measures to provide emergency humanitarian assistance through the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to Turkey and Syria.
Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Katsaniotis has taken over the coordination of organizations and individuals wishing to help raise humanitarian aid for earthquake-hit areas in Turkey and Syria.
Source: Kathimerini
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