In the coming days, the Alternate Foreign Minister for European Affairs, Nikos Xydakis, will carry out visits to capitals of the European South, for meetings with his colleagues.
Mr. Xydakis will travel to Portugal – from Brussels, where he is today accompanying the Prime Minister to the EU-Turkey Summit Meeting – and, from there, to Italy.
These visits are being carried out within the framework of Mr. Xydakis’ European tour, which has so far taken him to Germany, Holland, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Sweden and Finland, for meetings with his counterparts.
The aim of these visits is to brief his counterparts on Greece’s stances on issues of common European interest, including the refugee crisis.
Schedule of visits:
On Tuesday, 8 March, Mr. Xydakis will be in Portugal, where he will have successive meetings, in Lisbon, with Deputy Foreign Minister Margarida Marques; Interior Minister Constança Urbano de Sousa; Portugal’s candidate for the position of UN Secretary-General, António Guterres; and Bloco de Esquerda MP Catarina Martins. He will also participate in a session of the Portuguese Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Regina Bastos, an MP of the main opposition party (PSD).
On Thursday, 10 March, Mr. Xydakis will be in Rome, where he will have successive meetings with the Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister for European Affairs, Sandro Gozi, Undersecretary of Interior Filippo Bubbico, and the Deputy Foreign Minister competent for Greek-Italian bilateral relations, Vincenzo Amendola.
March 7, 2016