Venizelos on a meeting with Kerry, topic is Macedonia
Although the U.S. State Department stated that, as a leading topic will be imposed “anti-American terrorism in Greece”, the Greek media announced that the visit of Foreign Minister of Greece, Evangelos Venizelos to Washington would be dedicated to discuss the economy, the Greek EU Presidency, and contentious issues like Cyprus and Macedonia’s name.
As MIA’s reporter from Washington informed, the U.S. are angry after Christmas fled Christodoulos Ksiros, member of the Greek anarchist terrorist organization “November 17″, which was sentenced to even six life sentences for his involvement in a series of bloody attacks, often aimed at were U.S. diplomats.
In the past days, the State Department several times by the Greek media in Washington informed that the United States expect from Greece as soon as possible to find and arrest Christodoulos, who is one of three brothers Ksiros condemned for the activities on “November 17″.
- It is expected that the U.S. will open the issue of domestic terrorism in Greece. The State Department considered that has come to restoration to this phenomenon and wants to discuss this issue at the highest level, writes Michael Ignatiou, the Greek correspondent in Washington that in the last days received confirmation from the Bush administration that the U.S. still considers “November 17″ for terrorist organization.
Ksiros’s escape last week was the subject of press conference at the State Department, where the American journalists sought reaction from Washington for this event. The group “November 17″ is responsible for killing the head of the CIA bureau in Athens, the American Military Attaché, Deputy Military Attaché and an officer in the from 1975 to 1988, and the British Military Attaché in 2000, the two Turkish diplomats and other foreign officials.
The organization, whose members have accused the U.S. and other Western countries for supporting the military junta in Greece, has liquidated more prominent Greek politicians as is Pavlos Bakoyannis, Dora Bakoyannis’s husband.
Venizelos is scheduled to meet with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday. He comes to Washington after the visit to Paris and in the U.S. capital will meet with several U.S. congressmen engaged in cooperation with Greece.
