Avramopoulos: "Our Priorities Are Our Country And Orthodoxy"

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"Our priorities are always our country and orthodoxy," said Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, after meeting and holding talks with Archbishop Demetrios of America.

Among other things, Avramopoulos stressed that "Greece is going through one of the most difficult periods in its history" and as such he hailed the contributions and hard work of both the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church as well as the Greek American community.

During the meeting, which was held at the offices of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in Manhattan, Avramopoulos and the Archbishop also discussed issues concerning the Greek Diaspora, the efforts that have been made to support Greece as well as spoke about the groups most affected by the crisis in our country.

Avramopoulos then proceeded to the United Nations, where he held a meeting with the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon.