Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the wrongful and unjustified detention of the President of the Panpontian Federation of Greece, George Varythymiadis, by the Turkish Authorities

Upon instructions from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, our Embassy in Ankara made a démarche to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to protest the wrongful and unjustified detention and deportation order against the President of the Panpontian Federation of Greece, George Varythymiadis.

Mr. Varythymiadis travelled to Istanbul today in order to attend, as a representative of the Pontian Hellenism, the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy at the Panagia Soumela Monastery in Trabzon.