American Hellenic Institute (AHI) President Nick Larigakis met with Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Miltiades Varvitsiotis on the sidelines of the 3rd Southeast Europe & Eastern Med Conference in Washington, D.C., March 14, 2022.

Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis sent a message to Turkey to abandon the rhetoric of tension and to refrain from actions that do not help in de-escalation, in an interview given earlier today to ERT1. On the occasion of the new Turkish Navtex, Mr. Varvitsiotis stressed that "Turkey should not behave like an unpredictable neighbor.

Α possible Turkish government's decision turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque would signal a significantly important tension in the Greek-Turkish relations at the level of symbolism, stated Alternate Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis in an interview with SKAI TV earlier on Thursday.