The Greek Foreign Ministry calls on Greek citizens to leave Ukraine

The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on Greek citizens to leave Ukraine, protothema.gr reports.

In a statement, the Greek Foreign Minister states that it “strongly discourages all travel throughout Ukraine”.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also advises Greek citizens who have not already left to immediately report their contact details to the Greek Embassy in Kyiv.

In the event of negative developments in Ukraine, the Greek government is preparing for all possible scenarios, especially in terms of food security.

Meanwhile, the Greek foreign ministry on Monday expressed its deep sorrow over the sudden death of two Greek expatriates and the injury of two others in the village Graninta in Ukraine, which is close to the cοntact line at East Ukraine. “We also convey our sincere condolences to the families of the victims, as well as our wishes for a speedy recovery of the injured,” the foreign ministry’s announcement said.

“According to the available evidence, those responsible for the double homicide are three soldiers of the Ukrainian army, who argued with the Greeks over a trivial cause.”

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has asked to speak on the phone with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in order to again point out the need to protect the Greek community in Ukraine.

“The foreign ministry strongly discourages all travel throughout Ukraine, and at the same time advises Greek citizens in the country to leave the country immediately,” the ministry said in a statement.

“Greek citizens who have not already left are also advised to immediately report their contact details to the Greek Embassy in Kyiv.”

Greek FM also pointed out that the staff of the Kyiv Embassy has been reduced to those that are necessary. At the same time, the staff of the Consulate General of Mariupol will be strengthened.

The contact details of the embassy in Kyiv are as follows:

Address: 30-i Andriivskiy uzviz Str., Kyiv 01901, UKRAINE

Phones: 00380 44 3630780, 00380 44 3630781, 00380 44 3630782

Emergency telephone: 00380 73 04 29 453

E-mail address: gremb.kie@mfa.gr

Website: http://www.mfa.gr/kiev

FM Dendias to visit Moscow

Nikos Dendias is expected to go to the Russian capital next Thursday, February 17.

The next day, Friday 18 February, a meeting of the Greek Foreign Minister with his counterpart from the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov is already scheduled.

The Dendias-Lavrov talks in Moscow come at a time when escalating tensions in Russia’s relations with the West are raising concerns not only about the Ukraine problem but also about a number of other issues on which European Union countries depend on Russia, like the natural gas, the prices of which have climbed to an all-time high.

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