Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Katrougalos represented Greece at the international Francophonie Summit in Yerevan, Armenia, in which 84 countries participated. The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, participated in the Summit, along with the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, and many other State and Government heads, especially from French-speaking Africa. The decisions of the international summit, under the general title “Living together,” issue a call for exiting the crisis and protecting peace and multilateralism in international relations. In his speech, Mr Katrougalos supported the need for the protection of multilateralism to be linked to its re-establishment in the principles of democracy, the rule of law, and rights, in order for inequalities to be met within the framework of a more just international order. He also referred to the related efforts of Greece, both with regard to the refugee issue, where it did not succumb to the sirens of xenophobia and intolerance despite the severe financial crisis, as well as to the international initiatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In this context, he particularly highlighted the establishment of a regional security system with the Rhodes Conference, the Ancient Civilizations Forum, and the International Conference on Cultural and Religious Pluralism and Peaceful Co-existence in the Middle East.
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