The President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou met Wednesday morning at the Presidential Palace with the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
In the dialogue they had in front of the cameras, Katerina Sakellaropoulo raised the issue of German reparations with the President of Germany, with Frank-Walter Steinmeier, responding that “our legal position on reparations, you know the difference, for us legally the issue is considered closed”.
The official visit to Athens of the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, at the invitation of the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, began with the laying of a wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier.
Steinmeier will have a one-on-one meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Maximou Mansion, followed by expanded talks between the two delegations.
At 12:05, Steinmeier will pay a visit to the Numismatic Museum and at 13:10 he will participate in the celebration of the “150 years of the German Archaeological Institute of Athens”. At 15:15 the President of Germany will visit the Malakassa K.Y.T. and in the afternoon at 18:45 he will attend an event at the archaeological site of Kerameikos.
In the evening, at 20:30, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou will host an official dinner in honour of President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Elke Budenbender at the Presidential Palace.
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