An important meeting was held today, on January 25th , between the WFTU leadership, represented by its General Secretary, George Mavrikos and its Vice-President, Valentin Pacho with the Palestinian Ambassador, Mr Marwan Emile Toubassi in the Palestinian Embassy of Athens, Greece. Nikolas Theodorakis, Head of PAME International Department, has also been present.
During the meeting, there have been discussed various issues concerning Israeli settlements, Israel State oppression against the heroic Palestinian People as well as the recent developments concerning International Community’s Resolutions on the Palestinian Issue.
WFTU General Secretary George Mavrikos, pointed out the international class-oriented trade union movement solidarity with the Palestinian People and the WFTU firm commitment to the Palestinian cause. Furthermore, there were discussed further joint initiatives to be taken in the immediate future for the right of Palestinian people to have their own State, with East Jerusalem as its capital.