Meetings with Democratic Senators and deputies as well as with the Greek -American MP of Republicans, Gus bilirakishad the Alexis Tsipras to Washington who is invited to the Center for Greek Studies at Harvard University.

At the same time, he participated in a closed discussion of the Center for American Progress, where he developed his proposals on Greece’s foreign policy, stressing that the sale F 35 in Turkey should not proceed as “it will have negative consequences on the balance of forces in the Eastern Mediterranean and Syria, but also in Syria”.

In a post on Facebook, Alexis Tsipras referred to his discussions in Washington.

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Continuing my contacts and speeches in Washington where I am, invited and guest of the Center for Greek Studies at Harvard University, I had the opportunity to chat with many researchers and postgraduate or postdoctoral students, Archeology. And it was really extremely charming to hear the Japanese speaking ancient Greek or Americans to analyze the Stoic philosophers.

As part of my stay in the US capital, in addition to meeting with Bernie Sanders, I also had the opportunity to meet with two politicians who have consistently supported Greece’s positions, Democratic Party Senator at Maryland and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Van Hollen and Chris Van Hollen In Florida, Gus Bilirakis, but also with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the State Department, Joshua Huck.

At the same time, I participated in a closed discussion organized to hear my views, the Center for American Progress, with representatives of the Brookings Institute, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Center for International Policy and George Washington University.

I thus had the opportunity to emphasize the importance of Greece as a pillar of peace and stability in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans, especially in this period of destabilization. I added that Greek -American relations must be promoted in the context of mutual respect and mutual benefit.

I emphasized that the mobilization of Turkish warships against the Pontic of electric cable in the Aegean is unacceptable and the US should contribute so that Greece can exercise its rights under international law.

I also emphasized that the sale of F35 in Turkey should not proceed, as it will have negative consequences on the balance of forces in the Eastern Mediterranean and Syria, but also on Greek -American relations.

Finally, I reiterated my proposal to restart the debate on the Hague shelf delimitation in The Hague and interconnect with the EU – Turkey negotiations on a new financial agreement, as well as my support for re -launching talks for a fair and viable solution.

At the same time, in Congress I met with the progressive, Democratic MP of California, Ro Khanna, a co -chair of Bernie Sanders’ campaign. We talked about the Trump economic policy, its impact on the world economy and Euro -American relations, as well as technological developments.

We focused on its positions on “economic patriotism” and the importance of developing progressive economic policies at national level, based on the exploitation of new technologies.

Finally, in his office in the Capitol, I met with the Progressive, Democratic Senator of Massachusetts and rapporteur of the new green agenda in the Senate in 2019, Ed Markey. We talked about the impact of Trump’s tariff policy on the global and American economy, energy developments and the importance of a fair transition to the green agenda. With Senator Markey as well as Senator Van Hollen, I also talked about Palestinian, as the day I met them in the Senate he was in a vote and voted in favor of the Sanders amendments to fail to send a $ 8.8 billion -billion military aid to the US.