Two days of security measures in Athens: closed roads and drones today for Grigoropoulos, tomorrow for Erdogan

For two days, December 6 and 7, drivers should arm themselves with patience, as chaos is predicted in the center of Athens and on the central arteries of the capital due to closed roads and traffic regulations.

Today, Wednesday (6/12), traffic rules introduced by the traffic police will be in force in connection with the anniversary of the murder of Alexis Grigoropoulos, and tomorrow, Thursday (7/12), traffic in the center of Athens will also be difficult due to the visit of the President Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Already in the morning on Kifissos and Athens-Lamia avenues long traffic jams.

Closed metro stations

Today, police closed the University and Monastiraki metro stations and are also regulating traffic due to a march in honor of the 15th anniversary of the murder of Alexis Grigoropoulos.

ELAS ordered the closure of the University metro station at 9 a.m. until further notice, and the Monastiraki station will be closed from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. However, from 6pm it will be closed again until police order it to open.

Closed streets in the center of Athens
Since 11 am, many central streets have already been blocked. The traffic police announced traffic rules that will be introduced gradually and depending on the situation.

We also remind you that Attica will be left without a taxi for another day due to a strike by drivers protesting against the new tax bill. And tomorrow, Thursday, the day the bill was adopted, taxi drivers went on strike again.

Traffic rules in connection with Erdogan’s visit

The inconvenience will continue tomorrow, Thursday, when the center of Athens becomes impassable due to draconian measures in connection with Erdogan’s visit. The Turkish President will arrive at El Airport. Venizelos at 11 a.m., while the streets along which his motorcade will pass will be blocked one after another.

In the afternoon, when he leaves the capital, special traffic rules will again apply. They will be introduced gradually and depending on emerging road conditions, approximately on parts of the following roads:

• Λ. Κατεχάκη,
• Λ. Μεσογείων,
• Λ. Βασ. Σοφίας,
• Λ. Κηφισίας,
• Λ. Βασ. Κωνσταντίνου,
• Λ. Βασ. Αμαλίας,
• Λ. Αλεξάνδρας,
• Μιχαλακοπούλου,
• Σταδίου,
• Πανεπιστημίου,
• Ακαδημίας.

The Attica Traffic Police Department has planned and will implement measures to facilitate traffic flow.

Details of the Turkish President’s visit program

11.00 ARRIVAL OF TAYYIP ERDOGAN

Mr. Erdogan will be met at the airport by Foreign Minister Gerapetritis.

11.30 MEETING WITH MRS SAKELAROPOULOU AND MR ERDOGAN

The visit of the Turkish President to the President of the Hellenic Republic will last about three quarters of an hour, after which he will go to the nearby Maximou mansion.

11.30 BILATERAL MINISTERIAL MEETINGS – MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

While Erdogan will meet with Sakellaropoulou, 10 Greek ministers will meet with seven Turkish counterparts. They will discuss all bilateral agreements that will be concluded, but the two defense ministers will have a separate meeting.

11.30 MEETING N. DENDIAS AND YASAR GÜLER IN LAED

Dendias and Guler will meet at the officers’ club in Rigillis.

12.15 MEETING MITSOTAKIS AND ERDOGAN. MARIA BURA – Ts. KILITZ (to M. Maxim)

The meeting between Mitsotakis and Erdogan in Maximu, as in Vilnius and New York, will be attended by the foreign ministers, as well as Ms. Maria Bura and Mr. Çağatay Kilic, two diplomatic advisers to the two leaders.

13.00 SPEECH BY MR MITSOTakiS – T. ERDOGAN

There will be no questions after the speeches of the two leaders. At this time, all ministers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and LFAED will arrive in Maxima, and then the meeting of the High Cooperation Council will begin.

13.30 MEETING OF THE HIGH COOPERATION COUNCIL

During the Supreme Council meeting, when the two countries’ leaders and government officials will have lunch, agreements that have been in the works for some time will be ratified.

At the same time, drones, helicopters and snipers will be deployed, and police cordons will be built along the entire road to the airport for Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his retinue.

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