Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Terens Quick, received today Stephane Dion, Canadian Ambassador to Germany, Special Envoy of his country to the European Union, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs during the first year of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s term.
The main pillars of the very positive bilateral relations between Greece and Canada, including the strong presence of the Greek Community which Mr. Dion characterized as valuable to Canada throughout the country, and the common concern of both countries related to the increasing far-right trend in the bowels of the European Union centred mainly around issues of immigration, were discussed.
They also touched upon climate change. Mr. Dion, who has presided over the United Nations’ 11th Conference on this issue, expressed his condolences with regard to the national tragedy at Mati, making the reminder that Canada, with its own expertise on issues of wildfires, is prepared to provide any assistance to Greece.
Mr. Stephane Dion is visiting Greece for the first time, having been invited as a speaker at the Forum on Democracy which is being held in Athens, an initiative of the New York Times. The President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, opened the Forum's proceedings.
September 17, 2018