The Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sia Anagnostopoulou, spoke on the ERT 1 show ‘Alli Diastasi’, which is presented by journalists Fotini Lampridi and Giannis Panagiotopoulos. She set out the basic points of the note verbale that Greece’s ambassador to Berlin delivered to the German Foreign Ministry regarding war reparations and compensation.The Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs said, among other things, that the note verbale contains a summary of the Hellenic Parliament’s resolutions, as passed by a wide majority at the Plenary Session held about a month ago, during which the Prime Minister pledged to carry out the decision of the Hellenic Parliament. The note verbale covers the issues of the Greek side’s claims, which concern the occupation loan, war compensation for the victims and descendants of the victims, mainly at the villages that suffered most, the material damage incurred by the residents and infrastructure of the country, and of course the matter of cultural heritage, the monuments, as there were archaeological treasures that were looted and transported out of Greece. These are the main points of the note verbale."Asked about the German side’s response, Sia Anagnostopoulou said that “Germany did not respond. There is always a written announcement in response to a note verbale. The Foreign Ministry has issued announcements, without reference of who made them. The spokesperson (for the German government) left the matter open, saying that there are notes verbales that we respond to, and others that we don’t respond to. She didn’t say what would happen in the case of the Greek note verbale. We are waiting to see the official response to the note verbale. This is a first reaction from the German side, without our having the official response to the specific note verbale, as should be the case.”
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