Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis departs for New York to participate in the 80th High-Level Week of the United Nations General Assembly. The crucial meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to dominate the diplomatic developments of the visit.
The decisive Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting in New York
Attention focuses on the meeting between Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Recep Tayyip Erdogan scheduled for next Tuesday. In a period of delicate balances in Greek-Turkish relations, Athens approaches with a willingness for genuine dialogue while maintaining its unwavering position on defending its sovereign rights. As the Greek Prime Minister emphasized ahead of the meeting: “We seek calm waters, but we proceeded with the Marine Parks, completed the tender with Chevron, and exercise our sovereign rights.”
Series of important meetings in New York
Beyond the meeting with the Turkish President, Kyriakos Mitsotakis has scheduled a series of significant contacts:
• Meeting with Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides
• Contact with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev
• Meeting with Yemen President Rashad al Alimi
• Meeting with the Crown Prince of Kuwait
• Contact with Armenia Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan
On Friday morning, the Prime Minister will meet with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, while his speech before the General Assembly is scheduled for the same day.
Mitsotakis interventions on critical issues
On Wednesday, Kyriakos Mitsotakis will make two important interventions. The first concerns child protection online within Australia’s event framework for Protecting Children in the Digital Age. The second intervention will be at the central event of South Korea’s Security Council presidency on “Artificial Intelligence and International Peace and Security.”
Contacts with diaspora and the Ecumenical Patriarch
At Wednesday noon, the Prime Minister will address a diaspora lunch co-organized by 28 diaspora organizations, including AHEPA, HALC PSEKA, AHI, HANC, and HACC. That evening he will attend the award ceremony for Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew receiving the Templeton Prize.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister’s contacts in New York include meetings with investors and representatives of major companies active in energy, defense, and pharmaceutical sectors. Kyriakos Mitsotakis will present the investment prospects of the Greek economy, which is achieving primary surpluses and enabling tax reductions. During his five-day stay, the Prime Minister will be hosted by international media. On Wednesday, he is invited to the Wall Street Journal discussion circle titled “Is Greece back?”, while on Friday he will give a live interview to Bloomberg.
