Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias continued his meetings with several counterparts and officials on the sidelines of the 76th General Assembly of the United Nations for the second day in New York on Wednesday.
The Greek diplomatic delegation is approaching countries that play a key regional role but in new geographical areas, noted Greek diplomatic sources. Most of these countries already are or are about to become members of the UN Security Council, they added.
Earlier on Wednesday Dendias attended the 10th Ministerial Conference ‘Democracy and Resilience: Shared Goals’ which was organized by The Community of Democracies group of states, at the initiative of Romania.
The minister also met with Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit, and he held meetings with his counterparts of Kyrgyzstan, Ruslan Kazakbaev, and of Rwanda, Vincent Biruta.
Later on Wednesday (local time), he will be meeting with the Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and also with the Minister of Industry & Advanced Technology of the United Arab Emirates, Sultan Al Jaber.
Another two meetings are also scheduled for Dendias on Wednesday, with his counterparts of Panama, Erika Mouynes, and of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan.
On Thursday, the Greek FM’s meetings include one with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, and the trilateral meeting of Greece, Cyprus, and Egypt.
The UN meeting is running from September 14 to 27.
Source: ANA-MPA