A Greek foreign minister stated that Europe has a duty to host injured Gazans and children for as long as the Israel-Hamas war continues. George Gerapetris told Reuters on Wednesday that he had discussed the idea to temporarily bring the children to the EU with Mohammad Mustafa, the appointed Prime Minister with the Palestinian Authority, this past week.
He also said he had spoken with an Israeli foreign minister on Tuesday "in order to see how Greece could promote the peace formula."
Gerapetris stated that housing, electricity, water, food and security would be the most essential to provide, though he did not specify how many Gazans the EU or Greece could accommodate.
"We need to face this tragedy very clearly," he said. "Europe should be open to injured people from (Gaza) but also to children who are now facing famine or other sorts of dangers."
"This is an obvious call of humanitarian assistance. We're not talking here about economic migrants or other types of irregular migration," he said. "We shouldn't wait... for the war to stop in order to start discussing it," he said. "It is going to be a giant project and we have to develop it as early as possible."
"I am relatively optimistic that alongside the ceasefire that we're hoping to achieve in the very near future, the situation also in the Red Sea will become much better," Gerapetritis concluded, referring to the attacks on commercial vessels and warships in the Red Sea conducted by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
While Greece condemned Hamas' October 7 massacre in Israel, it has called for a ceasefire from Israel.
He also said he had spoken with an Israeli foreign minister on Tuesday "in order to see how Greece could promote the peace formula."
Gerapetris stated that housing, electricity, water, food and security would be the most essential to provide, though he did not specify how many Gazans the EU or Greece could accommodate.
"We need to face this tragedy very clearly," he said. "Europe should be open to injured people from (Gaza) but also to children who are now facing famine or other sorts of dangers."
"This is an obvious call of humanitarian assistance. We're not talking here about economic migrants or other types of irregular migration," he said. "We shouldn't wait... for the war to stop in order to start discussing it," he said. "It is going to be a giant project and we have to develop it as early as possible."
"I am relatively optimistic that alongside the ceasefire that we're hoping to achieve in the very near future, the situation also in the Red Sea will become much better," Gerapetritis concluded, referring to the attacks on commercial vessels and warships in the Red Sea conducted by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
While Greece condemned Hamas' October 7 massacre in Israel, it has called for a ceasefire from Israel.
