"It is of particular privilege to be here on the two hundredth anniversary of your independence. It is therefore a statement of support, solidarity, friendship with Greece," the Indian FM said to the Greek PM.

A very interesting conversation ⬇️⬇️⬇️ greekcitytimes.com/2021/06/26/ind…

Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar looking swag in the suit and glasses (in meeting with Greek FM Nikos Dendias).

Although I do think he would look cooler in a Achkan or Bandhgala.

"I met with Indian FM Jaishankar. Greece and India share a long history of friendship, commitment to full respect of International Law & common will to forge new, strong ties of cooperation at all levels," Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias.

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11 Jun

THREAD:

This is a continuously updated thread on Greek history, influence, culture, philosophy etc in India.

Relief of Dionysus, God of religious ecstasy, in Nagarjunakonda, Southern India, 3rd century CE.

Dionysus was called Nysian or Nysean (Νύσιος) by the Indians.

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Greek mythological hero Heracles/Iraklis/Hercules depiction of Vajrapani as the protector of the Buddha, 2nd century AD Gandhara.

Heracles was the son of Zeus and the mortal woman Alcmene.

The relief can be seen in the British museum.

The coinage (circa 180 BC) of King Agathocles the Just (Greek: Ἀγαθοκλῆς ὁ Δίκαιος), a Greco-Bactrian/Indo-Greek king.

The coins incorporated the Brahmi and Greek script and several deities from India, interpreted as Vishnu, Shiva, Vasudeva, Balarama or the Buddha.

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15 Apr

Dendias completely made a fool of Çavuşoğlu during their live joint statement.

Highlights that the Treaty of Lausanne affirms there's no Turkish minority, but a Muslim one.

Says if Turkey "wants" to join EU like it says it does, it must acknowledge UNCLOS.

More details coming.

Dendias said to Çavuşoğlu that "the only solution that is accepted by the entire international community is the bi-zonal-bi-communal federation of Cyprus."

Regarding Hagia Sophia, Dendias said: "We believe that such a reversal is in the interest of Turkey in general. Greece and Turkey are destined by geography to live together."

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30 Oct 20

1) Terrorist apologist justify the attacks on France because of its 132 years of colonizing Algeria.

Greeks were colonized by Turks for 400-500 years, experienced a genocide (1914-23) with a million exterminated & a pogrom (1955) that expelled 120,000 Greeks from Constantinople.

2) This is not to minimize the Algerian experience of brutal French colonization but to highlight it's not a justification why "Muslims have a right to be angry & kill millions of French people,” as the former Malaysian PM said.

Does he support Greeks killing millions of Turks?

3) Now of course I do not support Greeks having a "right" to kill millions of Turks for the crimes of their ancestors like that idiot former Malaysian PM believes.

But terrorist apologists who use any attempt to justify terrorism in France open up an ugly pandora's box.

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28 Oct 20

Today is Oxi (No) Day where we mythologize Metaxas saying NO to Mussolini's demands that Greece capitulates and becomes an Italian vassal.

Not only were the Italians thrown back into Albania from where they invaded, but the course of World War 2 changed because of Greek heroes.

My grandfather Nikos Papathanasiou from Skoteini village in Argolis was 16 years old when the Italians attempted to invade Greece.

He stole his brothers ID card to show he was of legal fighting age.

During the war and resistance period, he was shot 4x on 3 different occasions.

On reflecting how the Greeks fought against the Italian invasion attempt in World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said "Hence, we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks."

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