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Director General for Development and Humanitarian Assistance of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Alexandros Diakopoulos, participated in the EU Development Directors General Meeting, which was held on 21-22 June 2022 in Brussels, along with the European Development Days. On the first day of the meeting the discussion focused on the impact of the […]

Τhe Director General for Development and Humanitarian Assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Mr. Alexandros Diakopoulos, participated in the 53rd Development Assistance Committee (DAC)/ΟΕCD, Tidewater Ministerial Meeting in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, on 14-15 June 2022. Τhe theme for this meeting was “Development at a Crossroads -Protecting the Important while Responding to the Urgent”.

The Foreign Affairs Council in its development configuration convened on 20 May 2022. Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy introduced the main topic, namely the looming global food security crisis. The food market was already under stress before the war, but after the Russian attack against Ukraine, this crisis has exacerbated.

Director General for Development and Humanitarian Assistance of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Alexandros Diakopoulos,participated in the EU Development Directors General Meeting which was held on 5-6 April 2022 in Paris. The first session of the Meeting, was on the consequences of the invasion of Ukraine and the impact of sanctions against Russia

Greece stands by its commitments to support the Ukrainian people in their hour of need. On 3 April 2022, Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Nikos Dendias, visited Odessa, on behalf of the Greek government and delivered a humanitarian aid package to the Governor of Odessa Oblast, Col. M.Marchenko, to provide relief to the city’s

On March 30th 2022, humanitarian aid for the support of the population suffering the consequences of the Niyragongo volcano eruption, arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The humanitarian aid, consisting of emergency shelter supplies dispatched by the Greek General Secretariat for Civil Protection,was delivered to the population of the affected area in Goma through

Greece offered on 26.2.2022 medical equipment and personal protection material to Ukraine, following the country’s request to the European Civil Protection Mechanism, for the support of the population suffering the consequences of the military invasion. The equipment and material was offered by the Ministry of Health and were transferred to the humanitarian coordination point in

The scale of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and neighboring countries, at a time when more than 1.5 million people have already left the country to flee the war, is a cause for concern and full solidarity on the part of the European Development Ministers with the civilian populations affected by the Russian military offensive.

On 23 February 2022, Greece has donated 35,000 vaccines to Armenia to help address the COVID-19 pandemic. The vaccines delivered, serve as an example of our solidarity to the people of Armenia and Greece’s commitment to share resources to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 7 February 2022, Νigeria received 2,000,000 Covid-19 vaccines, through COVAX mechanism, to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Greece participated in this donation by providing 907,200 vaccines as an example of our solidarity to the people of Nigeria and Greece’s commitment to share resources to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.