Foreign Ministry

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis will visit Yerevan on Wednesday, where he is scheduled to meet with his Armenian counterpart, Ararat Mirzoyan.

Gerapetritis will also meet with the Armenian prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, the Foreign Ministry said.

Greece offered its condolences to the government of Japan and its people for the deadly earthquake that hit the country on New Year's Day.

Under the initiative of the Foreign Ministry, Greek humanitarian aid headed for the Gaza Strip arrived at Egypt's El Arish Airport on Thursday.

The NGOs Doctors of the World and International Humanitarian Aid Foundation contributed the cargo, which consists of first-aid supplies and personal hygiene products, in addition to a fully outfitted reception and basic patient care unit.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Öncü Keçeli has urged Turkish citizens to avoid traveling to Sudan unless absolutely necessary as the war-torn country grapples with a deteriorating security situation marked by an escalating humanitarian crisis.

The Greek Consulate in New York has removed a pink flag artwork, in the design of the country's flag, against domestic violence, sparking a dispute. Government officials said that it had been taken down at the request of the Foreign Ministry. 

As record numbers of Syrian refugees reach the shores of Cyprus, the Nicosia government wants the European Union to consider declaring parts of their war-torn homeland safe to repatriate them to, the Cypriot interior minister said.

"Starting a discussion to re-evaluate the issue of Syria is crucial for us," Minister Constantinos Ioannou told Reuters in an interview.

Türkiye has evacuated 1,047 people, including Turkish and Turkish Cypriot citizens, and their relatives from war-torn Gaza since the commencement of Israeli attacks on Oct. 8, according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry spokesperson.

Türkiye has hailed a deal between arch-foes Armenia and Azerbaijan to swap prisoners of war and work toward normalizing ties torn by decades of strife over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Azerbaijan reclaimed the long-disputed enclave after a lightning offensive against Armenian separatists in September.

Another group of 68 people including Turkish citizens and their family members arrived in Istanbul early on Dec. 6 after being evacuated from the war-torn Gaza Strip amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has declared Türkiye's intention to continuing its collaboration with Qatar in a bid to achieve lasting peace in the turbulent Middle East, particularly amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.