Athens has resisted pressure to provide Kyiv with a Russian-made air defence missile system.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has flown to Greece for talks with the country’s leadership and to attend an informal meeting of Balkan leaders with top European Union officials.
Mr Zelensky met with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and also was scheduled to meet the country’s figurehead president, Katerina Sakellaropoulou. In the evening, Mr Zelensky is to join in an informal dinner organised by Mr Mitsotakis for top officials from nine Balkan nations as well as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council head Charles Michel.Glad to be in Athens to discuss the European perspective of our neighbors and partners in the East and the Western Balkans.
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