“Yesterday it was a very difficult night, where we had the repatriation of 140 citizens from the Israeli war zone through extremely difficult conditions with a long run -by -law through Egypt. In consultation with the General Staff, military aircraft went and reinstated people today so they can feel safe, ” The Foreign Minister informed George Gerapetritis talking to Mega.

The minister said businesses are continuing, as there are still several Greeks in Israel.

“Israel was evacuated by those who wished to leave. There will be new businesses. Even more difficult is the release of Iran, where there is also a number of Greeks. We care so that the process of retirement will start today, ” As he said and added by saying:

“We all understand that this is an extremely difficult exercise. We will not go by air, because conditions are not safe to be able to do so. There has been a special release plan, which I would not like to say above. But I would like to thank the Foreign Ministry services for their superhuman efforts all the nights and of course the Air Force that has shown insurmountable zeal to provide services to Greek citizens. “

“If required, we will do another business. I must tell you that this requires difficult cooperation with both the Israelis and the Egyptians because they go through difficult areas. Currently the conditions are such that they have become extremely asymmetric. For this reason it has begun since the day this conflict began, has begun a process of recording all Greeks who are in both Iran and Israel so that we can communicate with them, ” Mr. Gerapetritis underlined.

“Our diplomatic missions to Tehran, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are in constant contact with them. We invite them all to communicate with the consulates of their areas. “

“We are at zero time – we have 130 conflicts around the world”

Asked what attitude is expected if the Europe in her judgment Middle Eastthe minister stressed that there are currently a large number of regional conflicts of critical players.

“I will say unfortunately: We are in an hour of zero. Large countries with a powerful footprint and arsenal are currently in a state of high intensity and conflict. We are talking about 130 armed conflicts in the world, a number that had never been in the past after World War II. Mostly it is frightened by the fact that countries with an extremely powerful arsenal that are not the most democratic in the world are involved in these conflicts. “

“There should be a collective action and that is why we had the EU Foreign Affairs Council yesterday so that Europe had a harmonized attitude. Our position, which has also passed to the EU, is to decline the tension in the wider region and to have a continuation of the discussions in relation to the future nuclear arsenal that Iran could potentially have. “

He clarified that positions between EU leaders are not so reluctant. “Unfortunately, never in recent years the EU has had a single stance and this is also linked to the mix of Member States. ” said.

“What I wanted to say is that Iran’s threat is active and it should definitely decorate, but it has to do with ecumenical security and overall security policy around the world. On the other hand, further intensity is a further risk because it is a hotbed of ignition. People cannot afford another great war. “

“Greece is not going to have any active involvement in any dispute, this is our fixed position,” noted immediately afterwards.

“What we will do is to ensure that mainly through the very powerful alliances we have in the region we have an active and creative role. There are not many who can talk to Israel, Palestine, Iran, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia. “