Ambassador of Greece meets with Greek Australian Parliamentary Friends group

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The Ambassador of Greece in Australia, Stavros Venizelos, today met with Members of the Greek Australian Parliamentary Friendship group in Federal Parliament in Canberra.

Parliamentary Friends is an Australian Federal Parliament non-partisan initiative for MPs and Senators to support and celebrate common interest areas.

Mr Venizelos met with Chair of the Greek Australian group and Member for Adelaide, Steve Georganas MP; Member for Riverina, Michael McCormick MP; Member for Calwell, Maria Vamvakinou MP; Member for Solomon, Luke Gosling MP; and Director at the Hellenic Club of Canberra, John Loukadellis.

During the meeting, the Greek Australian relationship and other issues affecting Greek constituencies in Australia were discussed. Mr Venizelos later attended Question Time at Parliament and followed the proceedings.

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