Sunday, 23 April 2017 Ladies and Gentlemen Ministers,Conference Attendees,Dear Friends, I welcome you to Athens, to the opening session of the Academic Conference being held in the context of the Ancient Civilizations Forum, the proceedings of which are being carried out for the first time, on the initiative of the Greek government and, in particular, […]

Monday, 24 April 2017 Ladies and Gentlemen, I, too, would like to welcome everyone – the representatives of the ten states participating here today, the Foreign Ministers and delegations of the ten states representing major ancient civilizations – to the founding Conference of the Ancient Civilizations Forum. I would like to thank Nikos Kotzias, because […]

Monday, 24 April 2017 I thank the President of the Republic, who, through his wisdom, always contributes to the broadening of our thinking. I thank all the delegations who accepted our invitation, the invitation of China and Greece, to be here today. We live in a time when international relations are developing. Which isn’t to […]

Tuesday, 25 April 2017It is with great satisfaction that I address the opening of the ‘Ancient Civilizations Forum’, which follows on the initiative taken in 2015 by Greece’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Kotzias, for the hosting of an International Conference on ‘Religious and Cultural Pluralism and Peaceful Coexistence in the Middle East’. By way […]