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June 9, 2020 "Minister Di Maio updated me on the data in Italy that has improved significantly. Greece will gradually remove all restrictions on Italy from next Monday until the end of the month. I express solidarity on the part of of the Greek people to the Italian people ". Greek Foreign Minister Nikolaos Dendias said this during a press conference in Athens with the owner of the Farnesina.Di Maio: "Any block will be lifted by the end of the month"
"I am happy that my friend Dendias reassured me that Greece will certainly open to Italy by the end of the month, eliminating any type of blockade and quarantine obligation for Italians with the commitment to evaluate, based on the data , a reopening already in the coming weeks ". This was stated by Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio during a press conference in Athens with his Greek colleague.
In the EU, "uniform rules and criteria for mobility are needed," in order not to fragment the tourism market, "said Di Maio." Any agreements between countries are not a solution, "he stressed. "The Next Generation Eu is an ambitious plan for the recovery of the European economy. Italy and Greece have worked together to obtain the best possible result" added the owner of the Farnesina.
Zaia: "Thank you Greek friends"
"Everything is fine what ends well. Thanks Greek friends!". The Venetian governor Luca Zaia wrote it in a post on Facebook, after the announcement by the Hellenic Foreign Minister on the gradual reopening of the country when the Italians arrived.