Press Briefings
March 23, 2011
Briefing of diplomatic correspondents by Foreign Ministry spokesman Gregory Delavekouras
Mr. Delavekouras: Good morning. This morning, Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas opened an exhibition of Greek Revolution-related documents from the Foreign Ministry archives and copies of paintings from the National Gallery’s “National Rebirth” collection. The exhibit is being organized by the Foreign Ministry’s Diplomatic and Historical Archive Department, within the framework of celebrations marking Greek Independence […]
March 16, 2011
Briefing of diplomatic correspondents by Foreign Ministry spokesman Gregory Delavekouras
Mr. Delavekouras: Good morning. We have handed out an information sheet to you on the ICJ procedure for the FYROM application. I also want to inform you that all of the Court proceedings will be broadcast live on the Internet, on the Court’s website, and that if you want to go to The Hague to […]
February 10, 2011
Briefing of diplomatic correspondence by Foreign Ministry spokesman Gregory Delavekouras
Main points: [on the Minister’s upcoming trips to Cyprus (14 February) and New York (17 February)] • The talks are aimed at our being able to discuss in depth the developments we have in the Cyprus issue. We had the Geneva meeting, we have a process that is in progress, but that has not moved […]
January 13, 2011
Briefing of diplomatic correspondents by Foreign Ministry spokesman Gregory Delavekouras
Mr. Delavekouras: Good morning and happy New Year. I’ll start with the programmes of the political leadership. At 11:00 this morning, Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas participated in the Prime Minister’s meeting with Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Liberman. At 17:00 this afternoon, Mr. Droutsas will participate in Mr. Papandreou’s meeting with Internal Market […]
December 9, 2010
Briefing of diplomatic correspondents by Foreign Ministry spokesman Gregory Delavekouras
Mr. Delavekouras: Good morning. I’ll start with the programme of the political leadership. At 15:30 today, Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas will meet with Canadian International Trade Minister Peter Van Loan, who is on a two-day visit to our country. On Saturday, 11 December, Mr. Droutsas will be in Sofia to participate in a trilateral meeting […]
November 24, 2010
Briefing of diplomatic correspondents by Foreign Ministry spokesman Delavekouras
Main points: [regarding the two Greek initiatives on the European course of the Western Balkans and Turkey] • The one proposal for the Balkans, and the proposal is for the hosting by Greece, in 2014 – during the Greek EU Presidency – of an EU-Western Balkans Summit Meeting, like the one held in Thessaloniki in […]
November 11, 2010
Briefing of diplomatic correspondents by Foreign Ministry spokesman Gregory Delavekouras
Main points:[on the European Commission progress reports] · It is very important – in order for these reports to be reliable tools – that the reports objectively present and set down the reality of the domestic situation, external conduct and reform progress of the candidate countries. For our part, and given the position of our […]
November 4, 2010
Briefing of diplomatic correspondents by Foreign Ministry spokesman Gregory Delavekouras
Main points: [regarding the parcel bombs addressed to Embassies] · This attempt in Greece has nothing to do with – is not linked by any evidence, at least so far – with international terrorism. And thus it cannot be presented as a unified whole with the attacks that originated in Yemen. · This is a […]