By Penelope Galliou
Historical from the result and from the climate that prevailed in the crowded hall of the Plenary of the American Congresscharacterizes the speech of the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakou Mitsotakiat the joint meeting of the two US legislatures, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
A speech full symbolism and parallels, which included all the issues and messages that Greece seeks to communicate both to the American community and to anyone interested and involved, as Kyriakos Mitsotakis raised from the podium of Congress all our national issues: Cyprus, Aegean and overflights but also him Turkey revisionism. He referred extensively to the ties between the Greek and American peoples, and after expressing the full support of Greece in Ukraine, made it clear that as Vladimir Putin will not achieve his goal with the war in Ukraineso any authoritarian leader – reviewer of history will not achieve his goal.
The vote of confidence in Kyriakos Mitsotakis
A deep political speech, which emotionally and politically touched the majority of those present at the meeting, but also communicated historical and political facts in a portion of Americans, who were probably unaware of the burning issueswhich occupy our country and the wider region of the Eastern Mediterranean.
Government sources said that after Mr. Mitsotakis’s speech, senators commented that was one of the best speeches addressed to Congress by foreign leaders.
It is no coincidence that many times the President of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosia politician with a long political career, during the appointment of the Greek Prime Minister, gave the “signal” to the other senators to applaud or even to rise, presided over by herself, from the presidential seat together with the Vice President of the USA, Kamala Harris. Thus giving their own “consent” and “vote of confidence»In the Greek argument developed by the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis as Vatslav Havel
Mrs. Pelozi, during her address at the reception she gave in honor of the Greek Prime Minister, stated that once again in her political career, she was so moved by a speech. «Wasn’t the speech wonderful? I think it was a unique inspiration! “ he said and added “I also told the Prime Minister, immediately after, that I had heard many speeches at the Joint Session of the Congress. All of them of historical significance, interesting and exceptional. But one of them has been on my mind for decades. I am referring to a speech by Václav Havel on democracy 30 years ago. Today’s speech by the Prime Minister is in this category. So remarkable, so timely “ The Speaker of the US House of Representatives concluded with admiration, referring to the late President of Czechoslovakia and President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel.
According to the American side, there is satisfaction in Washington because it is judged that the positions of Kyriakos Mitsotakis were clear, as Greece’s attitude towards Putin and Russia is also clear on the issue of the war in Ukraine, which is the number one issue for Congress and the American political scene. In this context, in fact, the same sources commented that after the appointment of the Greek Prime Minister, our country gained more friends in Congress. Something that always remains a Greek pursuit, to increase our supporters in the strong American legislature.
The evaluation of the visit
Sources of the Greek government after the end and the speech of Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Capitol, spoke of an absolutely successful visit that shows that the Greece returned dynamically to the global and regional becoming, as a leading power in the Balkans and Southeastern Europe. A country a pole of stability, law, security and development.
After all, in all his contacts, publicly or privately, the Greek Prime Minister did not fail to emphasize the role that the country has played over time in the “neighborhood” of the Eastern Mediterranean, especially under the current deplorable conditions brought by the war in Ukraine and its consequences. «A country that holds the keys to peace and energy stability in the wider regionObserved the same government sources.
An attitude and view of things that finds the US an ally and companion, as Nancy Pelosi characteristically stated “there is a poem that says that “each of us is the harvest of the other. In America we reap the benefits of democracy born in Greece, the lessons, the ancient lessons of democracy. And then, in Greece, they reap the benefits of our democracy. So, in a way, we are all each other’s harvest. That is why our democracies have a very close relationshipHe stressed to underline the relations between the two countries.
The excellent Greek-American relations were also underlined by the well-known friend of Greece, American Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendezwho met with the Greek Prime Minister after his speech at the Capitol and in a post that followed wrote: “The US-Greece partnership and friendship, rooted in common values, has never been stronger. “The commitment to democracy and security and economic prosperity in the Eastern Mediterranean is ironic.” concluded Mr. Menendez.
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