Friday, December 9, 2011

Dimas-Clinton meeting on sidelines of NATO summit

Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas had a meeting on Thursday with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the sidelines of the Nato meeting in Brussels.
According to foreign ministry spokesman Grigoris Delavekouras, the meeting was requested by Clinton, who repeated Washington’s support for Greece’s efforts to tackle the economic and debt crisis, underlining the American side’s respect for the efforts of the Greek people.
Dimas proposed a reactivation of the Greek-American economy and Trade Committee and they discussed the need to attract American investments to Greece.
In this context, they examined ways of improving Greece’s image abroad and ways to activate the huge potential of the Greek-American community in the US.
Their talks also touched on developments in the Balkans, the Fyrom name dispute, the situation in the Middle East and the Cyprus issue. (AMNA)

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