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Visits to Hellenic House
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Georgea Polizos
October 12, 2016—No. 45 (202) 785-8430

Visits to Hellenic House

WASHINGTON, DC —  On Oct. 4, 2016, the American Hellenic Institute (AHI) welcomed a visit by Deputy Defense Minister of Greece Dimitris Vitsas to the Hellenic House during his visit to Washington, DC.

“We thank Deputy Defense Minister Vitsas for stopping by Hellenic House to meet with us,” President Nick Larigakis said. “We appreciated the opportunity to discuss important issues that affect U.S.-Greece relations.”

The discussion focused on a wide array of topics, including:  how AHI keeps Greece on the agenda of policymakers in Washington and AHI works on initiatives that serve to strengthen U.S. relations with Greece, in addition to discussing Greece’s military capabilities and the contributions of NSA Souda Bay to national security interests.  AHI also shared its recently-released and updated “Greece: Valued Ally. Strategic Partner” Fact Sheet.

AHI Board Member James Marketos, Legislative Director Georgea Polizos, and Athina Balta joined Larigakis at the meeting.  

1Deputy Defense Minister of Greece Dimitris Vitsas following his meeting with AHI.
Deputy Defense Minister of Greece Dimitris Vitsas following his meeting with AHI.

2Deputy Defense Minister Vitsas with AHI president Nick Larigakis.
Deputy Defense Minister Vitsas with AHI president Nick Larigakis.

Member of Parliament Harry Theocharis visited AHI on Sept. 27, 2016. MP Theocharis, who recently started new political party called Democratic Responsibility, was joined by his advisor, Antonia Dimou.  AHI Board Member Leon Andris and Legislative Director Polizos joined Larigakis at the meeting.

3 From left: AHI Board Member Leon Andris, MP Harry Theocharis, AHI president Nick Larigakis, Antonia Dimou.
From left: AHI Board Member Leon Andris, MP Harry Theocharis, AHI president Nick Larigakis, Antonia Dimou.

The American Hellenic Institute is a non-profit Greek American public policy center and think tank that works to strengthen relations between the United States and Greece and Cyprus, and within the Greek American community.

  

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For additional information, please contact Georgea Polizos at (202) 785-8430 or at pr@ahiworld.org. For general information about the activities of AHI, please see our website at https://www.ahiworld.org and follow us on Twitter @TheAHIinDC.