View of KievKYIV, Jan 31 Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias assured his Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Kuleba , that Greek diplomats and their families are not planned to be evacuated from Ukraine, the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Earlier, the information service of the Greek Foreign Ministry announced that Dendias would visit the cities of Sartana and Mariupol in the part of Donbas controlled by Kiev on Monday to meet with the Greek diaspora and local officials.
The United States again called on its citizens to leave Ukraine»Kuleba had a conversation with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias … Dendias said that the Greek side is closely monitoring the situation and believes that there are currently no grounds for premature decisions. Greece does not plan to evacuate diplomats or members of their families, and also does not call on Greek citizens and Ukrainians of Greek origin to leave Ukraine. At the same time, the Greek government is ready to continue to effectively help the Greek community in Ukraine,» the message says. Kuleba welcomed Dendias' decision to visit Ukraine. «Last year, I called on all partners to visit Ukraine in January-February 2022 as a sign of support for our state during security threats from the Russian Federation. The permanent presence of distinguished foreign guests in Ukraine reduces tension. I appreciate that the head of Greek diplomacy also responded to this call and will soon visit Ukraine,» the press service quotes the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. Earlier, the United States decided to leave a number of diplomats from the American diplomatic mission in Kiev. From January 23, the US State Department allowed the voluntary departure from Ukraine of part of the employees of the American embassy in Kiev and members of the families of diplomats because, as they say in Washington, «the continuing threat of military action from Russia.» Meanwhile, the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, noted that the EU countries are not going to evacuate diplomatic missions from Ukraine, and urged not to dramatize the situation. «I ask everyone to calm down.» Who took Ukraine hostage
