“In a speech to both houses of the US Congress, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for the protection of democracies around the world from attacks from abroad and at home,” he said. the German Handelsblatt in her tribute to the historic speech of the Greek Prime Minister with an emphasis on messages against populism, revisionism and Russian aggression.
“In his speech to the US Parliament on Tuesday, Mitsotakis complained that Russian President Vladimir Putin was attacking fundamental democratic values ​​in his war against Ukraine.”typically states the electronic version of the valid German website.
According to the Germans, the Greek Prime Minister expressed his concern about internal threats against the democracies. At the same time, a separate reference is made to what Kyriakos Mitsotakis underlined about the threat of democracies by the populists. The Handelsblatt’s report on the fact that Mr. Mitsotakis became the first Greek Prime Minister to address the US Congress is particularly important.
“It is a rare honor for foreign visitors to go to both houses of Congress at this very location, on the US Capitol. According to the US Parliament, ten such speeches have been made in the last ten years – most recently in March by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and previously in April 2019 by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. “Mitsotakis was the first time a Greek head of government addressed both houses of Congress.”is mentioned indicatively.
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