Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated while emphasizing on Bharat, Greece’s commitment to UNCLOS, UN charter said, ‘We share Ethos, Dharma’.
‘Making the partnership strong with Bharat should be a cornerstone of the European Union’s (EU) foreign policy since the country is seen as a consensus builder’, said Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Mitsotakis, delivering the address as the chief guest at this year’s edition of the Raisina Dialogue, challenged the Global South’s perception of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a European war by stating that it represents a “brutal challenge” to the international rules-based order that Bharat has supported.
"We share Ethos, Dharma.." says Greece PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis while emphasizing on India, Greece's commitment to UNCLOS, UN charter pic.twitter.com/GzMKoBYJ1M
— Sidhant Sibal (@sidhant) February 21, 2024
Addressing an audience that included Prime Prime Minister Narendra Modi, external affairs minister S Jaishankar and ministers and diplomats from across the world, Mitsotakis pitched for closer ties between his country and Bharat.
Greece is placed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indo-Pacific, and could serve as Bharat’s “natural doorstep to Europe” through the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), he said.
Referring to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s remarks at the Raisina Dialogue two years ago about the importance given by the EU to strengthen the partnership with Bharat, Mitsotakis said, “Strengthening our partnership with Bharat should be a cornerstone of Europe’s foreign policy, and this certainly true for my country.”
‘Greece, which has been a corridor for the exchange of goods and knowledge since ancient times, has excellent relations with Gulf countries and is uniquely placed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indo-Pacific, can act as an interlocutor between Bharat and Europe’, he said.
Comments