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Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-02-06
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[01] Athens mayor meets with US ambassador
[01] Athens mayor meets with US ambassador
New Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis received US ambassador to Greece
Charles Ries on Tuesday, who paid a courtesy visit to Athens' town hall
on the occasion of Kaklamanis' assumption of the post.
Kaklamanis, the former health minister, noted afterwards that the US
ambassador expressed a willingness to assist in efforts at improving
Athens' overall image and quality of life.
The Athens mayor has already met with his counterparts from Chicago and
Nashville, while a request has been made for a meeting with the mayor
of Los Angeles. Both Chicago and Los Angeles are bidding for the
hosting of the 2016 Olympic Games.
Meanwhile, in a related development, groups of protesters affiliated
with the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) demonstrated outside city hall
during Ries' visit, while riot police were called in to keep the
protesters at bay.
Caption: Kaklamanis, left, with Ries at Athens' town hall on Tuesday,
Feb. 6, 2007. ANA-MPA photo / G. Antoniou.
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