Source: AMNA/Athens News
Foreign minister sends message of hope
Avramopoulos addressed the FYROM name issue, Greek-Turkish relations, and the crisis at the UN General Assembly
The economic crisis does not affect Greece’s stabilizing role in the wider region, Greek foreign minister Dimitris Avramopoulos assured the UN General Assembly on Friday in New York.
He also called on Skopje to abandon its intransigence on the FYROM name issue, warning that populism and nationalism are the worst combination for advancing national interests and for stability in the region.
On Greek-Turkish relations and the Cyprus issue he called on Turkey to demonstrate their respect for international law and abandon its threat of a ‘casus belli’ against Greece as well as its threats against Cyprus, which he warned undermined the confidence-building efforts.
Lastly, Avramopoulos closed with a message of hope, saying “We will make it because Greece is larger than its geographical size and more precious than its present fiscal reality… We will make it because Greece is not about asking. Greece is about offering. Let us not forget, that Greece is a value that is in the hearts and minds of people irrespective of nationhood, race and religion. And that gives us the moral power, the support and the encouragement, along with our partners in Europe, to give and to win this fight.”
GREEK WORLD MEDIA 