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12/12/2020
12/12/2020
In May, the Greek Foreign Ministry announced a restoration of relations between Greece and Syria, and assigned former ambassador to Damascus and Moscow, Tasia Athanassiou, as a Special Envoy for Syria. Although the Foreign Ministry claims that the suspension of diplomatic relations “was dictated by the security conditions”, it is commonly accepted that it was.
12 Δεκεμβρίου, 2020 - 19:53
Syria’s Greek Orthodox are looking towards Greece
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In May, the Greek Foreign Ministry announced a restoration of relations between Greece and Syria, and assigned former ambassador to Damascus and Moscow, Tasia Athanassiou, as a Special Envoy for Syria.
In May, the Greek Foreign Ministry announced a restoration of relations between Greece and Syria, and assigned former ambassador to Damascus and Moscow, Tasia Athanassiou, as a Special Envoy for Syria.
Although the Foreign Ministry claims that the suspension of diplomatic relations “was dictated by the security conditions”, it is commonly accepted that it was ordered by former Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in December 2012 under orders from NATO and the European Union.
Both NATO and the EU supported, and in some instances still are, backing jihadists against the secular government of President Bashar al-Assad.
Greece became a country ruled by European banker, EU and NATO puppets from 2010 onwards when on May 2 of that year, the so-called socialist government of George Papandreou signed the first of three bailout packages with the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the IMF.
December 10, 2020
Noah BarkinManaging Editor at Rhodium Group
It depends which Europe we are talking about. It was positive to see the European Commission publish a blueprint for transatlantic cooperation which touched on many issues related to China. But would that document receive an unqualified endorsement from Berlin and Paris, let alone from Budapest and Athens? That’s not entirely clear.
What we do have in European capitals is a readiness to sit down at the table with the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to discuss China. Beijing’s image has taken a serious hit in Europe due to its aggressive coronavirus pandemic diplomacy, its crackdown in Hong Kong, its repression in Xinjiang, and its recent trade war with Australia.