Greek diaspora minister urges closer ties with US Congress

Developing ties and alliances in Congress is "vital" to strengthening the US-Greek relationship, Greece's minister for the diaspora, Antonis Diamataris, told the inaugural Southeast Europe & East Med conference in Washington on Monday.
The Greek diaspora has emerged as a stabilizing factor through every crisis that has tested the Greek-American relationship but also "taught important lessons on how the [US] political system works and the role of Congress in general, especially in formulating foreign policy," the deputy foreign minister told the conference, which is organized by the Delphic Economic Forum and Kathimerini.
"Times have changed," Diamataris said, according to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA), adding that Greece and the Greek-American community have in recent years developed powerful lines of communication with Congress and built alliances with...