(Ekathimerini-Greece) Dora Bakoyannis and Ram Aviram - During 2019, in pre-coronavirus times, more than 700,000 Israelis visited Greece. Greek and Israeli military forces held joint exercises. Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis finally established full diplomatic relations with Israel on May 21, 1990, acting to put an end to almost four decades of "lost time" in ties between the two old nations. "Greek public opinion at the time was staunchly pro-Arab and anti-Israel," said his son, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the current prime minister of Greece. Dora Bakoyannis is former minister of foreign affairs of Greece and Ram Aviram is former ambassador of Israel to Greece.
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