“Attacking a city is the most unacceptable thing, it is a war crime,” he said Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias during his meeting at Odessa with the head of the city’s regional military administration, Colonel Maksym Marchenko.
Mr. Dendias condemned them attacks on the city and pledged to convey “what needs to be transferred” to the Council of Ministers of the European Union.
He stressed the historical importance of Odessa for Greece, saying that “it is part of our history, part of our past and we hope that it will be part of our common future.”
The whole statement of Mr. Dendias:
Mr. Colonel,
I thank you very much.
I told the Deputy Prime Minister before and the Mayor earlier, that for us Odessa has a great historical significance. And consequently, the future of the city and its people is part of our history, part of our past and we hope it will be part of our common future.
I’m sorry for the current attack, I saw the smoke. I had been informed this morning that Odessa had been attacked. In our view, attacking a city is the most unacceptable thing, it is a war crime.
I will convey to the Council of Ministers of the European Union what needs to be conveyed.
I saw, walking with the Mayor, the preparations that have been made so as not to destroy the cultural tradition of the city. I hope, when I come back, that the city will be well, that it will not have suffered the slightest blow, and that we will be able to help it to have a bright future, as it has a bright past.
As you know, we are members of NATO and the EU and we provide all the assistance we can to Ukraine, within both of these Organizations.
It is my great joy and my great honor to see you.
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