The Greek Foreign Minister also raises the issue of the need to apply International Law and the International Law of the Sea in the region.
In Croatian is today o Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendiasin order to participate in the international conference “Dubrovnik Forum” with the theme “A quest for balance in a world disrupted”.
“In the framework of the Dubrovnik Forum, I will formulate the permanent Greek positions on the future of the Western Balkans, the need for their rapid accession perspective and the enormous problems that are being created in Bosnia-Herzegovina”, said Mr. Dendias in his statements.
“I will also formulate the Greek views on the absolute inadmissibility of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the enormous difficulties it creates in our societies, as well as on the need for stability and the application of International Law and the International Law of the Sea in the Eastern Mediterranean”, he added.
Mr. Dendias held a meeting with the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Nasser Kamel.
As Mr. Dendias mentioned, during the meeting they discussed how the Greek views on the environment in the framework of COP 27 in Sharm El-Sheikh. But, also, for the effort that Greece is making to organize the International Conference “Our Ocean Conference”, the initiative of the American former Secretary of State and current presidential climate envoy Jock Careywhich Greece has undertaken to organize in 2024.
The Dubrovnik Forum, as Mr. Dendias pointed out, also has an environmental dimension, “that is, the effort to protect the environment and especially the Mediterranean. The sea that surrounds us all, the sea that is the special characteristic of our homeland, Greece”.
“So we are very interested in showing the environmental dimension of our initiatives. Also, I remind you that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has a special sensitivity especially for the issues of plastics in the seas, and the need to rid our seas of this enormous pollution”.
Mr. Dendias will also meet with his Croatian counterpart, Gordon Grlic Rudman.
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