FM Venizelos' meeting with American-Jewish committees in NY
Government Vice-President and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos on Monday met with the representatives of the most important American - Jewish organisations (Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, American Jewish Committee, B'nai Brith, World Jewish Congress, Anti-Defamation League, National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry και American Israel Public Affairs Committee) on the sidelines of the 69th UN General Assembly in New York.
During the meeting, Venizelos referred to the historic bonds of friendship between the Greek and the Jewish people as well as the importance of the continuation of the cooperation between the Greek and Jewish Diaspora.
Moreover, he also referred to the antiracism law recently voted by the Greek parliament, underlining that Greece now offers a very powerful legislation against the racist and xenophobic attitudes. Furthermore, Venizelos made a special reference to the potential for Greek Jews that live in Israel to reaquire the Greek nationality.
Finally, Venizelos presented Greece's efforts to exit the economic crisis and outlined Greece's position on issues concerning the wider region of the East Mediterreanean with special reference to the prospect of the relations between Greece and Israel.
