The flags of Greece and Australia flew beside each other outside New South Wales Parliament House on Thursday, September 19 as the Ambassador of Greece to Australia, Stavros Venizelos paid a visit.
The Ambassador was accompanied by the Consul General of Greece in Sydney, Ioannis Mallikourtis.
During his time at NSW Parliament, Mr Venizelos met with the NSW Premier Chris Minns, alongside the Attorney General Michael Daley MP, the Minister for Multiculturalism Steve Kamper MP, and the Minister for Industrial Relations, Sophie Cotsis MP.
They had a productive discussion on trade relations and energy, and exchanged views on the multifaceted presence of the Greek community in NSW.
Mr Venizelos also held a number of other meetings on Thursday with the Speaker of the NSW Parliament, Greg Piper; the NSW Leader of the Opposition, Mark Speakman; and the Member for Miranda, Eleni Petinos MP.
The Ambassador’s visit to Sydney was concluded with a very interesting discussion with NSW Minister for Emergency Services, Jihad Dib MP and Ms Cotsis on digitalisation and the progress that NSW has made in this field.
Mr Venizelos has been in Sydney from September 16 to September 19. During his time in the city, he met with Greek media, business executives, Archbishop Makarios of Australia, and the Board of the Greek Orthodox Community of NSW (GOCNSW).
He also visited The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens and the Sir Nicholas Laurantus Chair of Modern Greek & Byzantine Studies at the University of Sydney. He had fruitful discussions with Professor Vrasidas Karalis and Associate Professor Anthony Dracopoulos on Greek language education in NSW and ways to further support it.
