Zelenski: His speech in the Greek Parliament on Wednesday or Thursday

Invitation to the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to speak by teleconference to the Greek Parliament, as he has done in the parliaments of other Western countries – including France, Great Britain and Germany – the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a telephone conversation she had with him yesterday.

The date of Mr. Zelenski’s speech, as announced by Maximou, will be set in the next period through the diplomatic channel. Already, according to her information Everydaythe Speaker of the Parliament Costas Tassoulas contacted the Ukrainian Ambassador to Athens Sergi Sutenko, with whom they agreed that the speech will most likely take place next Wednesday or Thursday.

According to the announcement of the Maximos Palace, during the telephone communication with the Prime Minister, Mr. Zelenski sent wishes to Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis for the national anniversary of March 25, while the Greek Prime Minister, for his part, referred to the connection of Odessa with history. of Hellenism and the beginning of the Greek Revolution. The Prime Minister’s invitation to the Ukrainian leader is added to the clear stance taken by Greece from the beginning against the Russian invasion, fully aligned with its allies in the West.

In an interview with CNN, Mr. Mitsotakis said that as much as there is an obligation to support Ukraine, so much the European citizens who are affected must be supported.

The prime minister had earlier given an interview to the American network CNN commenting, among other things, on the Western sanctions against Russia. “We have imposed a much broader package of sanctions than anything we have done in the past. “And these sanctions have important consequences,” he said, predicting that the Russian economy would shrink by 10%. “All the gains that Russia has made in the last decade could be eliminated within a year,” he said, adding, however, that “as far as energy is concerned we must be very careful that “They are hurting us more than they are hurting Russia.” Mr Mitsotakis also acknowledged that Western societies were already “paying the price” and that “we all need to reassess the forecast for the growth of our economies”, as “we are facing significant inflationary pressures as a result of the war and energy costs are really affecting us”. .

By the same token, Mr. Mitsotakis argued that as long as there is an obligation to support Ukraine, so should the European citizens who are affected, so that they do not bear heavier burdens than they can bear. Regarding the NATO summit, Mr. Mitsotakis admitted after a question from the journalist that “the atmosphere was dark”, as everyone understands that “our world has changed”.

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