U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), a member of the Congressional Hellenic Caucus, brought the Greek Ambassador to the United States for a visit to her congressional district in Queens, New York.
Rep. Meng and Ambassador Ekaterini Nassika held a luncheon on April 22 with the borough’s Greek-American community at a local Greek restaurant where they talked about the importance of the U.S.-Greek relationship and their efforts to further strengthen it.
Before the luncheon, Rep. Meng and Ambassador Nassika toured St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Shrine Church in Flushing, which the Congresswoman has been to several times in the past. They also visited its day school and preschool and met with Church and school officials, including Fr. Aristidis Garinis.
Ambassador Nassika, who traveled to Queens from the Embassy of Greece in Washington, DC, is a career diplomat. She was appointed as Greece’s Ambassador to the U.S. in November 2023 after serving as the Ambassador of Greece to the Russian Federation. She began her diplomatic career in 1985.
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