Greek Prime Minister Heads to UN General Assembly with Packed Agenda

Greek PM Mitsotakis speaks astatine the 79th UN General Assembly. Credit: Press Office of the Greek Prime Minister

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis is successful New York for the 80th High-Level Week of the UN General Assembly, wherever helium volition enactment successful a bid of high-level meetings and events. Tight information measures are successful spot crossed Manhattan for the accomplishment of satellite leaders and officials.

The Prime Minister’s docket is packed with diplomatic meetings, economical discussions, and assemblage events, reflecting Greece’s progressively progressive relation connected the planetary stage.

Artificial Intelligence astatine the forefront

A important absorption of the travel is the relation of Artificial Intelligence (AI). On Wednesday, September 24, Mitsotakis volition talk doubly astatine the UN connected the taxable of AI, addressing its implications for planetary bid and information and the extortion of minors successful the integer age.

His remarks volition beryllium portion of a statement hosted by South Korea, which holds the UN Security Council presidency this month.

Diplomacy and economical engagement

Throughout his clip successful New York, the Prime Minister volition prosecute with a divers scope of planetary figures. He is scheduled to conscionable with heads of authorities and UN Secretary-General António Guterres. On Tuesday, helium volition be a reception hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump.

On that day, helium is expected to meet Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, pursuing weeks of diplomatic effort aimed astatine de-escalating caller tensions betwixt Greece and Turkey.

Mitsotakis volition besides conscionable with galore investors and representatives from starring companies successful the energy, defense, and pharmaceutical sectors. He plans to contiguous the beardown concern prospects of the Greek economy, highlighting its superior surpluses and recent taxation cuts.

Connecting with the Diaspora

Kyriakos Mitsotakis volition besides marque clip to link with the Greek-American and Jewish communities. On Wednesday afternoon, helium volition code a luncheon co-organized by 28 Greek-American organizations, including AHEPA, HALC, and PSEKA.

That evening, helium volition present a connection astatine a ceremonial honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew with the Templeton Prize.

Addressing the UN General Assembly

The item of the Prime Minister’s travel volition beryllium his code to the UN General Assembly connected Friday, September 26. In his speech, helium volition sermon the volatile planetary and determination geopolitical situation and contiguous Greece arsenic a pillar of stableness wrong it. He volition besides interaction connected planetary challenges and risks, from the ongoing conflicts successful Ukraine to the Middle East.

Foreign Minister’s Parallel Agenda

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis is accompanying the Prime Minister and volition besides behaviour his ain extended programme of meetings. He volition prosecute with galore overseas ministers from Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa to sermon modern planetary challenges, including the warfare successful Ukraine and the situation successful the Middle East.

Gerapetritis volition besides enactment successful respective trilateral and quadrilateral meetings with determination partners and seat the Ministerial Session of the Forum of Ancient Civilizations, arsenic Greece holds the presidency for 2025. His information is peculiarly notable arsenic Greece is simply a non-permanent subordinate of the UN Security Council for the 2025-2026 term, with a absorption connected peaceful quality solution and respect for planetary law.