Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Greece for talks with the country’s leadership and to attend an informal meeting of Balkan leaders with top European Union officials
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy flew to Greece on Monday for talks with the country’s leadership and to attend anZelenskyy met with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and also was scheduled to meet the country’s figurehead president, Katerina Sakellaropoulou.
In the evening, Mitsotakis’ office said, Zelenskyy was to join in an informal dinner organized by Mitsotakis for top officials from nine Balkan nations as well as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council head Charles Michel.The dinner was scheduled to discuss the Western Balkans region’s future in the EU, which many countries have already joined and the rest are jockeying to enter.
Greece has joined its NATO and EU partners in strongly backing Ukraine against the Russian invasion, and has provided material military assistance in the form of armored personnel carriers and ammunition. But Athens has resisted pressure to provide Kyiv with a Russian-made air defense missile system stationed on the southern island of Crete.
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