The two-day NATO Summit begins – Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ meetings in Vilnius
FILE PHOTO: PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a NATO summit in Brussels. ANA – MPA/ PM PRESS OFFICE/ DIMITRIS PAPAMITSOS
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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will participate in a historic, as well as critical, NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, which begins on Tuesday and which is expected to decide whether or not Sweden will join the North Atlantic Treaty.
This is his first participation in a NATO Summit after his recent electoral victory.
According to government sources, this will be an opportunity for important meetings of the prime minister with European leaders.
In this context, Mitsotakis will meet with the French President, Emmanuel Macron, on the sidelines of the summit.
After the meeting he will have with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Mitsotakis will also meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
During the NATO meeting in Vilnius, participants will discuss, among other things, the implementation of the decisions of Madrid to adapt the deterrent and defense arrangement of the Alliance to the new security environment, which is being formed after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the increase of the resources available by the Allies to strengthen their defense capabilities, but also the form that the continuation of aid and assistance to Ukraine will take.
On Tuesday, in the first session of the leaders with the participation of Sweden, they are expected to discuss the long-term adaptation of the defensive and deterrent plans, the revision of the Defence Investment Pledge, Ukraine’s prospects of joining the Alliance and the type of support that will be provided to it, as well as strengthening the defence industry and strengthening NATO’s resilience.
On Wednesday, in the second meeting, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy will participate in the first session of the NATO-Ukraine Council.
The Presidents of the European Council and the European Commission, the Asia-Pacific partners, namely Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea, will also participate, as well as Sweden as an invitee.
Source: ANA – MPA
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