The Prime Minister of Greece stated that he welcomed the President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda, in Athens today and expressed his country's solidarity with Lithuania, which he said had already been hit by consecutive hybrid attacks. Regarding the negotiations on the Multiannual Financial Framework, he said that the two countries had essentially common positions and that the initially proposed resources were insufficient for Europe's increased ambitions. He also argued that cohesion policy was a prerequisite for European competitiveness and linked the deepening of the single market with the need for geographical balance. The Prime Minister also referred to the funding for the protection of the EU's external borders and said that Greece and Lithuania knew from their experience the weaponization of migration flows. He added that the borders needed to be protected alongside safeguarding the values of the EU and that the implementation of the new Pact on Migration and Asylum would be assessed in practice. https://t.co/0tyXLOatyN #Ευρώπη #Λιθουανία #Μετανάστευση (translated)