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February 6, 2006—No. 6 (202) 785-8430

Greek Parliamentarian Savas K. Tsitouridis Visits AHI Hellenic House Headquarters

Washington, DC—On February 2, 2006, Greek Member of Parliament Savas K. Tsitouridis of New Democracy accompanied by his wife Maria Papadimitropoulou and long time AHI member and the Hellenic American Women’s Council (HAWC) President Dora Hancock visited the American Hellenic Institute’s headquarters, the Hellenic House, while in Washington, DC for the National Prayer Breakfast. While at Hellenic House, Mr. Tsitouridis met with a few members of the AHI leadership, including AHI Chairman James Marketos, AHI Advisory Committee Member Kostas Alexakis, Legal Counsel Nick Karambelas, Executive Director Nick Larigakis and the AHI staff.

The over one-hour discussion centered on items of mutual interest regarding U.S.-Greece relations. These included Turkey’s accession into the EU, FYROM, the Aegean Sea boundary and other topics.

Attached please find photographs from this event.
(L-R) Kostas Alexakis, Nick Karambelas, Dora Hancock, Greek MP Savas Tsitouridis, Maria Papadimitropoulou, Nick Larigakis and Jim Marketos.

Meeting at AHI.

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For additional information, please contact Georgia Economou at (202) 785-8430 or georgia@ahiworld.org. For general information regarding the activities of AHI, please view our Web site at http://www.ahiworld.org.

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