Deputy Foreign Minister Ioannis Amanatidis met at the Foreign Ministry today, Monday, 18 July 2017, with a delegation from the Global Coordinating Committee of Pontian Youth (PASEPON).
The subject of the meeting was the Global Olympics in Modern Greek, which will take place from 24 to 31 August, in the context of the celebration of the Aristotle Anniversary Year proclaimed by UNESCO, on an initiative of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
The delegation was made up of Alkis Anastasiadis, president of PASEPON, Victoria Kravchenko, secretary of PASEPON, and Anna Iliadou and Konstantinos Samourkasidis, PASEPON members.
Mr. Amanatidis congratulated the PASEPON board on their excellent initiative and expressed his support for the organization of the Global Olympics in Modern Greek, both as Deputy Foreign Minister and as an educator. Moreover, Mr. Amanatidis underscored that our language is the bearer of our thinking and culture, and that, through the mobilization of the healthiest part of our society, youth, and Pontian youth in particular, we are conveying our values to the whole world.
July 18, 2016