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Monthly Archives: September 2020

Joint Statements to the Press by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo

PRIME MINISTER MITSOTAKIS: Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, It is an exceptional pleasure to welcome here in Crete the Secretary of State of the United States Mike Pompeo. This is his second visit to Greece in the past twelve months,...

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ speech to the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Secretary-General Guterres, fellow delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am sorry that circumstance dictates that we cannot be together for this, the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. Since we met last, our world h...

Statement by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the high-level Meeting to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations...

Ladies and Gentlemen, When representatives from 46 countries -including my own- met in San Francisco in June 1945 they were faced with a world shattered by six years of war. Freedom, democracy and the rule of law had been preserved, bu...

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ address on the 15th Annual Greek Roadshow

Dear friends, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to be addressing you today on the occasion of the 15th Annual Greek Roadshow. Of course this is not the usual setup, as the pandemic has changed our world and the way we do busi...

Discussion between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Daniel Franklin, Executive and Diplomatic Editor of the Economist, at the 24th Ann...

DF I am Daniel Franklin and I am sitting here with Prime Minister Mitsotakis delighted to be talking with you. It’s been quite a year and a bit since you took office, so perhaps first of all it’s a chance to look back on this rather tumult...

Speech of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Thessaloniki Helexpo Forum

Thank you, Mr Tzikas, Mr Regional Governor, Mr Mayor, ladies and gentlemen, this year's meeting, here in Thessaloniki, is literally an unprecedented event. As you said, the pandemic did not allow the 85th International Fair to take place...

Statement by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Euro-Mediterranean Conference MED7

Ladies and gentlemen, we have just concluded the first round of discussions, fruitful discussions, of what appears to be quite a successful Summit of the Southern EU countries. And part of the success may be attributed to the location where...

Article by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis published in The Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and Le Monde

In seeking to predict the future political scientists often look to the past, to shared history. The relationship between my country Greece and its neighbour Turkey is no exception. History teaches us that there are reasons for optimism, an...

Statement by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the events in Moria

I would like to express my regret for yesterday's events in Moria. I do appreciate the difficult circumstances. However, there can be no excuse for violent reactions to health checks. Even more so, for such unrest. The situation in Moria ca...

Meeting of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with Yang Jiechi, member of the Political Bureau and Director of the Foreign Affairs Committee...

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met today at Maximou Palace with Yang Jiechi, member of the Political Bureau and Director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. At the start of the mee...