The three leaders have agreed to strengthen the cooperation between our three countries in order to promote a trilateral partnership in different fields of common interest and to work together towards promoting peace, stability, security and prosperity in the Mediterranean and the wider region.
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Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras held an intergovernmental meeting with the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu.
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The Ministers of Defense of Israel and Greece, Moshe Ya’alon and Panos Kammenos on Tuesday met at the Greek Pentagon, where they emphasized the importance of a bilateral strategic cooperation.
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Refugee and migrant women and girls on the move in Europe face grave risks of sexual and gender-based violence, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) highlighted in a joint report issued last week.
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After Istanbul, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will travel to Israel, in preparation for the Greek-Israeli High Level Cooperation Council, and to Cyprus, for the Greece-Cyprus-Israel trilateral Summit Meeting.
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Xydakis: “”In recent days, extremist conservative European circles have been attempting to target Greece, presenting it as the source of the refugee problem. In this context, they have taken the Greek coastguard to task for supposedly not “protecting” the maritime borders by intercepting refugee and migration flows by military means.”
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KOTZIAS: We have to combat the reasons behind the fleeing of refugees. In other words, for there to be peace in Syria. One of the big mistakes was the inadequate funding of the reception and accommodation spaces for the refugees in Lebanon and Jordan.
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“One driver of the economy, which still hasn’t deployed its effect, is the probable increasing government expenditure to cope with the refugees,” , said ECB president Mario Draghi during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.
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The IMF asked for a programme of strong economic policies, not least pension reforms as well as significant debt relief from Greece’s European partners.
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Manuel Valls, Prime Minister of France called for solidarity in solving Europe’s immediate problems, including the influx of refugees, “We look forward to working with Europe,” said Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
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