Al. Tsipras celebrates the centenary of the end of the First World War

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is in Paris to participate in the celebrations of the centenary of the end of the First World War.

The current program of the Greek Prime Minister begins in the morning with his participation in the anniversary celebrations and ends in the afternoon with the speech he will deliver before the Forum for Peace in Paris.

The Prime Minister arrived in the French capital Saturday night, just after finishing his contacts in Berlin, and attended a dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron in honor of the heads of state and government from around the world, as well as from international organizations. will be in the events. Celebrating events is more than 80 heads of state and government, as well as international organizations around the world.

Among them are US President Donald Trub, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, European Commission President Jean Clint Juncker, Director General of the United Nations IMF, Christine Lagarde.

The Arc de Triomphe and the Presidential Palace

In detail at 12:00 (Greek time) the prime minister will be involved during the ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe for the centenary of the armistice of the First World War, where, along with the other leaders, they will attend the military parade. Then at 2 pm, Emmanuel Makron, in the honor of the heads of state and government, will attend the official dinner at the presidential palace.

Lessons from the experience of the First World War

Sure 4 pm at the conference venue in Willet (Villette) takes place at the opening ceremony of the Peace Forum in Paris and half an hour after its meeting in plenary. As part of the work of the forum, 6:45 pm: Alexis Tsipras will speak. According to information from government sources, the Prime Minister's speech will focus on the world's lessons learned today from the experience of the First World War.

The Paris Peace Forum will be inaugurated by Emmanuel Makron, Angela Merkel, Antonio Guterres and Trisa Seti (Vice President of the Steering Committee of the Forum) and wants to be "a new annual meeting of ideas and plans for the global governance ". It is structured around five themes: peace and security, environment, development, inclusive economy, new technologies.

Aristophanes Tsipra's choice for the "Library of Peace"

A special unit within the forum concerns the deposit of books in the "Peace Library" by heads of state and government on peace in the language of their country.

In a clear symbolic gesture, according to the information, Alexis Tsipras chose donate to the inauguration library of Aristophanes (in ancient Greek and French) and should refer to the reasons for his choice. The fact that the chiefs are depositing the books will be filmed to constitute a purse of the future, according to the organizers.