Multiple meetings planned by Foreign Minister Kotzias on sidelines of 70th UN General Assembly
In that time, Kotzias will have successive bilateral and multilateral meetings with counterparts, officials from other countries and with representatives of international organisations, as well as public speaking engagements that will be announced in the usual manner.
Kotzias is expected to meet his counterparts from the U.S., Russia, the Republic of Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt, Kosovo, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Argentina, Australia and Norway. He will also meet with the UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, and with the Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation, Iyad Ameen Madani.
On a multilateral level, he will participate in coordinating meetings of the Foreign Ministers of the European Union, NATO, the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP), and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC).
Additionally, Kotzias will take part in the Meeting of World Leaders for Gender Equality, the event for the Protection of Cultural Heritage from Terrorist Groups, the Ministerial Meeting on the Crisis in Syria, and the High Level event ahead of the Global Humanitarian Summit.
The minister will also participate in the Security Council’s Open Ministerial Debate on “Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Settlement of Conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa and Countering the Terrorist Threat in the Region” - chaired by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov - and the High Level event on OSCE peacekeeping operations, which will be chaired by Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic.
On the margins of the General Assembly, a trilateral ministerial meeting between Greece, Cyprus and Egypt will be held to look at recent developments in the wider Eastern Mediterranean region and ways to strengthen trilateral cooperation on every level.
Finally, during his stay in New York, Kotzias will meet His Archbishop Demetrios of America, representatives of Greek American organisations and Jewish organisations.
