{"id":1310,"date":"2026-04-18T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2026-04-18T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T08:30:00","slug":"yannis-plakiotakis-from-istanbul-respect-for-international-law-and-the-law-of-the-sea-is-required-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=1310","title":{"rendered":"Yannis Plakiotakis from Istanbul: Respect for International Law and the Law of the Sea is required (photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the <b>152nd Plenary Session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union<\/b> (IPU) in <b>Istanbul,<\/b> on the theme &#8220;Cultivating hope, securing peace and guaranteeing justice for future generations&#8221;, was intervened by the Vice President of the Greek Parliament, Mr. <b>Giannis Plakiotakis.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In his <b>intervention<\/b> he stressed<\/b> the <b>importance of democracy, <\/b>the <b>rule of law<\/b> and respect for <b>international law<\/b> in a period of increased <b>geopolitical challenges.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Plakiotakis stressed that <b>peace requires credibility,<\/b> <b>justice<\/b> and <b>steady<\/b> <b>commitment<\/b> to <b>democratic principles<\/b>, noting the crucial role of parliaments in ensuring institutional stability. Referring to the Eastern Mediterranean, he stressed that the challenges in the region reflected broader international trends and that <b>respect<\/b> for <b>international law<\/b>, in particular the Convention on the Law of the Sea, was a key prerequisite for peace and stability.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/tomanifesto\/images\/placeholder.png\" alt=\"8bd4af1d-265a-4676-bd6d-16f5d491ac1f.JPG\" data-dpc-media-id=\"186421\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/image\/large\/94\/8bd4af1d-265a-4676-bd6d-16f5d491ac1f.JPG\"><\/figure>\n<p>At the same time, he pointed out that <b>utilization<\/b> of energy resources and <b>enhancing<\/b> <b>environmental cooperation<\/b> can serve as areas of convergence and development, while highlighting the role of parliamentary diplomacy in <b>maintaining<\/b> dialogue<\/b> and <b>building partnerships<\/b>.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/tomanifesto\/images\/placeholder.png\" alt=\"cb543647-f95c-47de-82e0-4c445b8558a3.JPG\" data-dpc-media-id=\"186422\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/image\/large\/94\/cb543647-f95c-47de-82e0-4c445b8558a3.JPG\"><\/figure>\n<p>In conclusion, he stressed the <b>need for joint action <\/b>to promote peace, democracy and justice, emphasizing that the future is shaped through conscious choices and collective responsibility. <\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/tomanifesto\/images\/placeholder.png\" alt=\"aa8df499-4970-42be-b93e-47fecfecfef5b32.JPG\" data-dpc-media-id=\"186420\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/image\/large\/94\/aa8df499-4970-42be-b93e-47fecfef5b32.JPG\"><\/figure>\n<p>At the same time, he reiterated Greece&#8217;s firm commitment to strengthening multilateral cooperation and dialogue, with respect to international law and the United Nations Charter, and underlined the role of parliaments in promoting peace and sustainable development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the 152nd Plenary Session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Istanbul, on the theme &#8220;Cultivating hope, ensuring peace and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}