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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-02-26
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[01] Deputy DM pays courtesy visit to U.S. aircraft carrier
[01] Deputy DM pays courtesy visit to U.S. aircraft carrier
Deputy Defence Minister Vassilis Mihaloliakos paid a courtesy visit to
the U.S. aircraft carrier Theodor Roosevelt on Saturday, which has
anchored off the port of Corfu in the Ionian Sea. Albanian Defence
Minister Fatmir Mediu, Greek foreign ministry secretary general
Haralambos Rokanas and ruling New Democracy party Corfu Deputies Nikos
Dendias and Nikos Georgiadis, as well as representatives of the Greek
and Albanian foreign ministries, also boarded the vessel with
Mihaloliakos.
Two Greek soldiers slightly injured during an attack in Afghanistan
also boarded the aircraft carrier, at the invitation of the U.S.
embassy in Athens as being victims of terrorism.
The officials were welcomed by U.S. Ambassador to Athens Charles Ries.
They were then briefed by the aircraft carrier's leadership on its
activities, while commemorative gifts were also exchanged.
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