Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-01-16
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[01] Venizelos in Washington; to meet Kerry and Lew on Friday
[01] Venizelos in Washington; to meet Kerry and Lew on Friday
WASHINGTON (ANA-MPA/P. Panagiotou)---Government Vice President and
Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos' meeting with US Secretary of State
John Kerry that was going to be held on Thursday has been rescheduled
for Friday.
According to the State Department's programme, Kerry will have no meetings
on Thursday as his return to the US from Kuwait was delayed. Kerry
participated in a conference for donors to Syria.
Venizelos and Kerry will discuss issues of bilateral and international
interest as well as issues of the Greek presidency of the Council of
the European Union. They will also discuss national issues (Cyprus and
FYROM name), while Americans are expected to raise the issue of terrorism.
Venizelos is also scheduled to have a meeting earlier on Friday with
US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew in order to brief him on the course of
the Greek economy and Greece's EU presidency priorities, especially on
issues regarding the economic governance in EU.
During his visit, Venizelos will also meet in Congress with the chairman
of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Robert Menendez as well as with
the president of House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee Ed
Royce. Finally he will meet with think tanks' top officials as well as
with representatives of the Greek-American community organisations.
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