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Greek emergency rescue team departs for Lebanon
A fully equipped search and rescue team from the Fire Brigade left this morning, on a C-130 military aircraft, for Lebanon, on the orders of the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in consultation with the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Chardalias, to participate in the search for survivors after the deadly explosion that occurred yesterday afternoon in the port of Beirut.
Greeks among the thousands injured in Beirut
Two Greeks are said to be among the thousands injured in the deadly explosion that took place yesterday in the port of Beirut.
FM Dendias in Lebanon: 'Cessation of hostilities, foreign interference in Libya of cardinal importance'
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias met with his Lebanese counterpart Nassif Hitti, President of Lebanon Michel Aounthe and the president of the Lebanese parliament, Nabih Berri, in Beirut on Wednesday, and after these meetings he said that "Lebanese-Greek relations are based upon solid foundations of friendship and mutual respect."