Nikos Dendias

A second group of Greek citizens has been evacuated from Sudan, as rival generals battle for control of Africa's third-largest country, and taken to Djibouti, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said Monday.

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias announced that jointly with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' it was decided to relocate Air Force aircraft and members of the army's Special Forces to Egypt on Sunday to participate in a potential operation to rescue Greek and Cypriot citizens that remain trapped in Sudan.

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias welcomes the recent thaw in Greek-Turkish relations but reiterates that Athens remains cautious.

The international community must aim at safeguarding Syria's sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial integrity, Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias has said, during the welcoming remarks of the Athens Retreat on Syria.

These factors comprise the basic principles of Greece's foreign policy, he added at the meeting in Kavouri, on the coast south of Athens.

UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen on Friday met with Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias at the Foreign Ministry in Athens to discuss the latest developments in Syria. 

The meeting was held in conjunction with an informal "retreat" for Syria, taking place from April 21-23 in the Greek capital, organized by the European Union with the support of the Greek foreign ministry. 

Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias met on Wednesday with outgoing Azerbaijani Ambassador to Greece Anar Huseynov.  

Posting about it on Twitter, Dendias said he congratulated Huseynov upon the completion of his tenure in Greece, and discussed Greek-Azerbaijani relations and regional developments.

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias discussed with Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry the possible cooperation in the evacuation of diaspora Greeks from Sudan, as soon as the conditions allow it, the minister said on Tuesday.

Greece and Turkey can develop a "harmonious and mutually beneficial relationship" provided there is "mutual respect and trust," Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said in an interview published in the Sunday edition of newspaper Makedonia.

Greece and Turkey will have the opportunity to reassess what unites them after the elections that are scheduled to take place in both countries in May, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Friday, during a visit to the island of Imvros in Turkey. 

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias spoke on the phone on Friday with his Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg to discuss the promotion of bilateral relations.

The two ministers also talked about strengthening cooperation within the EU and regional and international developments, according to a foreign ministry's announcement.