Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis completed his first round of contacts in the Middle East and India. In a week he visited 7 different areas.

The high level of interlocutors demonstrates Greece’s strong diplomatic footprint, as diplomatic sources say: Foreign Minister contacts included, among other things, the King of Jordan, Abdullah II, Syrian transitional president Ahmad Al Sharaa, two prime ministers Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani of Qatar and Palestinian Mohammad Mustafa, two Deputy Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the UAE and Ayman Al Safadi of Jordan, Three Foreign Ministers, Y. AR, Syrian Foreign Minister Transition, Asaad Al Shaibani and India Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

As the same sources say, at the most critical moment of the world’s most complex region, Greece is active. In the Middle East, where the truce in Gaza and Lebanon are at a turning point and in Syria, where there is uncertainty about the intentions of the transitional regime.

Diplomatic sources add that: All countries perceive Greece as a reliable interlocutor. We cover with our active presence other external actors in the area, stating our essential and multifaceted interest.

Greece undertakes specific humanitarian and diplomatic initiatives. Creates a fellow of friends’ axis. It invests in connectivity, promotes trade and investment. It creates bridges of geopolitical and economic importance with the Middle East, including Gulf countries, as well as India.

Finally, diplomatic sources conclude: We are having the necessary messages to countries of particular interest to Greece due to Greek Orthodox presence.

Greece, in the capacity of the UN elected member, becomes a helper to promote the positions of important states that are not represented by the Security Council.