Meeting

A Conversation With Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Greece

Thursday, September 26, 2019
Don Pollard
Speaker
Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Prime Minister, Greece

Presider
Nicholas Burns

Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School; Former U.S. Ambassador to Greece

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis discusses the role of Greece in the Eastern Mediterranean region and the European Union, as well as Greece’s relationship with the United States.

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