Minister Petříček met with his Greek counterpart Dendias
18.09.2020 / 19:43 | Aktualizováno: 02.03.2023 / 17:05
On 18 September 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Tomáš Petříček, received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic, Nikolaos Dendias, at the Cernin Palace. The meeting focused mainly on the current situation in the Eastern Mediterranean in the run-up to the next European Council.
Other important topics were bilateral relations, migration and measures taken to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Ministers also discussed Belarus, the Western Balkans, China and other foreign policy issues, as well as security, defence policy and the Visegrad cooperation. Minister Petříček said: "I am very concerned about the continuing tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean. I express my full solidarity with Greece and Cyprus. Everything must be done to solve the problem.”