Nikos Kotzias
Cyprus
Cyprus Issue Dominates Meeting Between Kotzias, Anastasiades
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, who is paying a visit to Nicosia, in a meeting on Monday discussed the recent developments on the Cyprus issue.
Kotzias said that they discussed on the resumption of the...
Cyprus
Kotzias-Tillerson Discuss Greece’s Role in Region, Stability, Energy Projects
Greece’s role in the stability and security in Southeast Europe and Turkey’s “nervousness” were discussed in a meeting between Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington D.C. on Monday.
Asked by journalists after the...
Diplomacy
U.S. Asks Ankara to Ease Tension in Aegean
American officials have asked Ankara to avoid further acts that generate tension between Greece and Turkey in the Aegean, a Kathimerini report says.
According to the report, the issue was raised during the Munich Security Conference last month, as well...
Diplomacy
Greek PM Tsipras in Process of Making Contact With U.S. President Trump
Preparations for telephone communication between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and U.S. President Donald Trump are at an advanced stage in Athens, according to Kathimerini daily.
The report says there is intense diplomatic activity so that the two state leaders...
Diplomacy
Greek FM Warns Turkey Over Violations of Territorial Space in Aegean
Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Tuesday warned that Greece "will not always be tolerant" if Turkey continues to violate air space and territorial waters in the Aegean.
The Greek official spoke on Skai television saying that Ankara came very close...
Cyprus
Greek Foreign Minister Refers to Possible Meeting on Cyprus in March
Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Kotzias referred to the chance of a meeting between the Foreign Ministers of the guarantor powers in Cyprus, the President of the Republic of Cyprus and the representative of the Turkish Cypriot community,...
Cyprus
Eide Says Talks with Kotzias Focused on Security Issues, March Conference on Cyprus
The UN Secretary General's Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide met with Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias in Athens on Friday. Eide said the discussion had focused on security aspects of the Cyprus issue and a conference on Cyprus to be...
Greece
Legality Is Greece's Weapon in the International Arena, FM Kotzias Says
"We defend the international and European law and we reiterate that legality is Greece's weapon in the international arena," said Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Thursday in his address at a pie cutting ceremony held at the Foreign Ministry.
"Greece...
Cyprus
FM Kotzias: 'The Geopolitical Interests of a Third Country Cannot be a Criterion for a Solution'
"Cyprus must evolve into a bizonal, bicommunal federation with full sovereignty as a member of the EU and the UN. The geopolitical interests of a third country cannot be a criterion for a solution to the Cyprus issue," Greece's...
Cyprus
Cyprus Issue: Continues at a Technical Staff Level on January 18
Participants in the Conference on Cyprus decided to establish a working group at the level of deputies with the task to identify specific questions and the instruments needed to address them, a statement issued from the Conference on Cyprus...