The President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, met today with the Prime Minister of Greece, Mr Kyriakos Mitsotakis, at the Maximos Mansion in Athens.
Welcoming President Anastasiades, Mr Mitsotakis said, addressing the President: "I want to thank you for the very great honour of attending and speaking on the first day of our 14th Congress. After all, the ties between our two parties are well-known and historic.
I would like to point out, however, that your visit also coincides with a very interesting coincidence as we will have the opportunity to discuss my upcoming trip to Washington, the coordination of the actions of Greece and Cyprus at a time when, unfortunately, expansionist revisionism has once again made its reappearance on our continent.
I would like to point out, however, that your visit coincides with a very interesting coincidence as we will have the opportunity to discuss my upcoming trip to Washington, the coordination of the actions of Greece and Cyprus at a time when, unfortunately, expansionist revisionism has once again made its reappearance on our continent.
We will, of course, also discuss the prospects for further cooperation in the energy sector. I will have the opportunity to inform you about my forthcoming visit to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, as well as about the arrival of the Prince, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia in two weeks' time in our country.
Greece and Cyprus, fully harmonized and aligned, are striving for peace and stability in the Eastern Mediterranean."
For his part, the President of the Republic said that "every time I visit Greece it is with great pleasure, especially when we have the opportunity to have these established coordination meetings, joint actions that the respective Governments, but especially those who at least have the same ideological direction, achieve goals, such as the trilateral cooperation, such as the countries of the South, which were joint initiatives, such as our coordination in Europe, our common positions regarding the day-to-day happenings, and our common positions on the European Union."
The President of the Republic said that "it is with great pleasure, especially when we have the opportunity to have these established coordination meetings, joint actions that the respective Governments, especially those who at least have the same ideological direction, achieve goals, such as the trilateral cooperation, such as the countries of the South, which were joint initiatives, such as our coordination in Europe, our common positions regarding the day-to-day happenings.
I am very happy because really accepting the invitation, which was a great honour for me to address the conference, will give us the opportunity to discuss a number of issues of interest because I had also visited Saudi Arabia and the Prince will be in Cyprus on 17 May and therefore we have every opportunity to discuss important, interesting issues concerning also alternative energy sources for the European Union.
At the same time, of course, we will also be concerned, as is to be expected, with what is happening in Ukraine, which is a blatant violation of international law, something that was crowned with the same arguments in 1974 in Cyprus, but also with other issues of common interest that have always guided the common policies that we pursue and that have established us - it should be stressed - as a pillar of stability and peace in the region. Again, I thank you for the invitation and look forward to what will be negotiated for the benefit of both countries."
(RM/NG/IC)
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