Ambassador Pyatt: “I’m especially proud in this regard, of all the cooperation that we’ve had with the Greek government. As Prime Minister Mitsotakis put it so well in his address in parliament a few weeks ago on the question of Ukraine, Greece is standing on the right side of history. I want to underline, as …
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Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Kalimera. Let me say what a fantastic honor it is to have this event here in Alexandroupoli be my final engagement as American Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic. In 2017, I came to Alexandroupoli and we began a systematic effort on behalf of the United States government to lift our engagement …
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Ambassador Pyatt:”I was especially thrilled to see the White House confirm the date for President Biden to host Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Washington on May 16, 2022. A little over a year ago, President Biden sent a video message to the Greek people to congratulate them on their bicentennial on March 25, 2021. That …
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April 29, 2022 ERT Link: https://www.ertnews.gr/eidiseis/ellada/politiki/tz-paiat-stin-ert-panta-mas-anisychei-epeisodio-sto-aigaio-i-pio-dyskoli-stigmi/ Mr. Papathanasiou: Mr. Ambassador, thank you very much for this interview for the Greek Public Television. It’s an honor and privilege to have you here for this special farewell interview. We are a few days away from the end of your five-year journey as the Ambassador to Greece. How would …
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Ambassador Pyatt: “The American Spaces network in Greece is incredibly robust, and each month the network offers dozens of programs, including English language training, information sessions on studying the United States, skill building sessions on STEM and innovation, media literacy seminars, and so much more. All these programs are free of charge and draw upon …
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Ambassador Pyatt: “I’m very excited about the role that American technology companies play in that story of rebirth and revival of confidence. And I’m also very confident that the foundations we laid here in Thessaloniki, at the Thessalonikki International Fair in 2018, with this Cisco Innovation Center, with all the partnerships that are being built …
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Ambassador Pyatt: “It’s so encouraging for me to see the way in which American companies like Cisco, and Pfizer and Deloitte are reinvesting in this city, because they see the promise of its young people. But also they share the vision that inspired me in 2018, when we put together the Thessaloniki International Fair, that …
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Delphi Forum, Delphi April 7, 2022 As Delivered Mr. Mangiriadis: Ladies and gentlemen, hello from Delphi. This is Apostolos Mangiriadis, I’m a political correspondent with Skai Television, and I have the honor and the privilege to introduce Geoffrey Pyatt for his farewell talk at Delphi under the capacity of the American Ambassador in Greece. Because …
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Ambassador Pyatt: “The U.S. military relationship with Greece is of a completely different character. The United States in Greece are moving ahead on a F-35 program. We are deepening our relationship in the context of the Strategic Dialogue, in the context of the U.S. force presence at Souda Bay, in Alexandroupoli, in Larissa, in Volos and …
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Athens, Greece April 4, 2022 As delivered Thank you Niko for the invitation. Minister Skrekas, thank you for coming out early this morning. Elias, it’s good to see you. And Katerina, congratulations. I agree with the vast majority of what you said so I’m going to keep my remarks very brief. I want to start, though, …
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Ambassador Pyatt: “And in the midst of this grand crisis of security, I’m really delighted that we have an opportunity to highlight some of the positive news as we look ahead towards what I am confident will be another successful Greek tourism year. We saw Greece’s tourism economy rebound in unexpected ways last summer. Americans, …
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Ambassador Pyatt: “Last year, of course, the United States and Greece were celebrating the Greek Bicentennial and 200 years of friendship and our shared democratic values. But, 2021 was, also, importantly the year that Greece assumed the presidency of IHRA, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, which is a 34-country group committed to combatting Holocaust denial and …
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