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Greek FM outlines vision for safety and security in Eastern Med
In his address to the participants from 19 countries at the conference, Kotzias said the purpose is the creation of a security structure in the Eastern Mediterranean that will gradually expand further south and east. For the second year running, the conference included European and Arab countries but not countries like Turkey as Athens has…
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JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ-2nd Rhodes Ministerial Conference for Security and Stability “Living and Working together in Peace and Stability” – Rhodes, Greece, 22-23 MAY 2017
The participants, guided by the “Spirit of Rhodes“, as this emerged in 2016, at the 1st Rhodes Informal Ministerial Meeting and was ever since embraced and frequently invoked by states of the regionand other states, deepened their discussions at the 2nd Ministerial Meeting, on major issues of the Eastern Mediterranean. Their dialogue focused on developing…
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Greece expects tourism record for 2017
On the other side of Greece, in Tolo, a fishing village on the Peloponnese, Dimitris Skalidis is openly euphoric about the prospects for the three hotels that he runs. “We’re in the biggest tourism boom of decades,” he says. “We’re nearly fully booked and are already taking reservations for 2018.” Hotel manager Christos Pilatakis echoes…
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Value of trade between Egypt, Greece drops to $1.3bn in 2016
Yiotis was addressing the third forum of the council which was hosted by the Egyptian Businessmen Association on Wednesday. He asserted that both sides work on promoting economic relations, hailing ties as deeply-rooted at the political and economic levels. Also, Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs Basem Khalil lauded relations withGreece, saying that they reached an…