Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias was welcomed by his counterpart in Paraguay Julio César Arriola in Asunción, in the presence of Deputy FMs Raúl Silvero Silvano and Enrique Franco, he said in a tweet on Thursday.
Dendias said that he held a constructive discussion with them on bilateral relations, regional & international affairs, Paraguay-EU relations, Greece’s candidacy to the UN Security Council non-temporary members in 2025-2026, economy & investments, energy & renewable energy sources, and culture, including UNESCO.
At the start of his visit to Paraguay, he laid a wreath at the National Pantheon of the Heroes in Asunción, in the presence of Silvero Silvagni.
On Thursday, FM Dendias was scheduled to address the Diplomacy Academy of Paraguay on “Greece’s foreign policy in its neighborhood and beyond: Links with Latin America, the case of Paraguay”.
The Greek minister is concluding a tour of six countries of Central and North America that began on February 6 with a visit to Panama and Jamaica on Friday (Feb. 10). He has already visited Brazil (Feb. 6), Uruguay (Feb. 7), and Argentina (Feb. 8). Excepting Panama, it was the first-ever visit of a Greek foreign minister in these countries, and he was scheduled to sign a series of bilateral memoranda of understanding in several countries.
SOURCE; ANA-MPA
