The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Konstantinos Kompos, will have a full schedule of meetings next week during his stay in New York for the United Nations General Assembly.
According to information obtained by CNA from diplomatic sources, 35 bilateral meetings with his counterparts from UN member states have been confirmed so far, and he will also participate in at least five meetings organized by the President of the Republic, with the schedule currently being finalized.
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As reported, meetings have been scheduled with countries on the African continent, such as Algeria, Morocco, Kenya, Botswana, Senegal, Rwanda, Mauritania, and Tanzania; in the Middle East, such as Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Lebanon; in Central Asia, such as Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan; and in Asia, including India, the Philippines, and the Maldives.
According to the same sources, these meetings are the result of geographical planning as well as the consideration of the participation of several of the above countries in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, as well as the Turkic-speaking countries of Central Asia.
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They added that, following a Cypriot initiative, a high-level meeting of small European —namely Cyprus, Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Monaco, and San Marino—was held at the headquarters of the Cypriot Permanent Mission to the UN. Cooperation among these small European states also encompasses the Council of Europe and issues related to property and missing persons.
They also noted that two trilateral meetings will be held with Egypt and Jordan, while the Minister of Foreign Affairs will participate in a series of multilateral meetings, such as the EU Informal Foreign Affairs Council with guests from Asian countries, a ministerial discussion on the Middle East led by the Qatari Foreign Minister and the EU High Representative, Kaia Kallas, ministerial meetings on the Middle East and the two-state solution, as well as on rising sea levels, and an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers with their counterparts from CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States).
The same sources also reported that contacts have already been made with two of the candidates to succeed António Guterres as UN Secretary-General, with the contact with the first candidate having taken place during last year’s UN General Assembly, while a few days ago a government minister met with the second candidate during another meeting.
They added that there may be further meetings with either the aforementioned candidates or other candidates during a social gathering to be held in New York.
