A Greece-United States Action Plan for culture was signed on Tuesday by Culture Minister Lina Mendoni and visiting US State Department Secretary Antony Blinken, prior to the latter’s departure from Athens, ANA reports.
The plan aims to protect the archaeological and ethnological material of Greece, by imposing restrictions in specific categories. It was first signed in 2011 and renewed in 2016 and 2021, and the renewed plan was also signed by Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Lee Satterfield.
Also on Tuesday, Blinken was given a tour of the Ancient Agora of Athens by Bonna Wescoat, director of the American School of Classical Studies, and met – at the American embassy – with the Fire Brigade’s emergency management EMAK and with the emergency ambulance team EKAV, both of whom helped in the rescue efforts after Türkiye’s deadly earthquakes.
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