Foreign Minister Kotzias addresses parliament during 2016 Budget debate

Foreign Minister Kotzias: “The country’s foreign policy is principled. It is founded on values. It serves the good of the country and the people. In contributes to providing relief to society. It produces stability, seriousness, optimism. It defends the country’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. Its criteria are the national interest, patriotism, the course of the EU and international developments, international law, internationalism.”

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Foreign Minister Kotzias: ‘Greece and Iran are linked by at least 4,000 years of common history’

Kotzias: “The world is changing. Nothing is as it was. This is why foreign policy must be proactive. It has to be able, in a timely manner, to recognize the problems; to study and shape alternative solutions; to be able to choose the best possible strategy and, at the same time, ensure its implementation.”

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PM Tsipras writes on his visit to Turkey

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, in article with Daily Sabah wrote: The times are difficult for peace and stability in our region. They call for a new level of communication and contact among countries that have the capacities and the will to ensure it based on trust and aimed at cooperation – whenever possible, not only when necessary – founded on international law…

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