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Akiva Tor, head, Bureau for Worldwide Jewish Affairs
and World Religions,
* Iris Ambor, director, Southern European Department,
and
* Noam Katz, deputy director general, Media and Public
Affairs.
* The delegation held a working dinner hosted by B'nai B'rith
International and the Conference of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organizations with key current and former
diplomats:
* Ambassador of Cyprus to Israel Thessalia S. Shambos,
* Former Israeli Ambassador to the UN Dr. Dore Gold,
who currently is president of the Jerusalem Center for
Public Affairs, and
* Evangelos Kyriakopoulos, counselor, Embassy of Greece.
* The delegation received a policy briefing from Professor
Efraim Inbar, founding director, Begin-Sadat Center for
Strategic Studies and Dr. Eran Lerman, former Deputy for
Foreign Policy and International Affairs and former member
of the Israeli National Security Council, at a dinner hosted by
B'nai B'rith International and the Conference of Presidents of
Major American Jewish Organizations.
* The delegation toured the Bible Lands Museum and Yad
Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center.

Cyprus
* President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades.

* U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus Judith Garber
hosted the joint delegation for a briefing and reception.
* Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides.
* President of the House of Representatives Demetris Syllouris.
* Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and
Overseas Cypriots Photis Photiou.
* Commissioner Photiou hosted the joint delegation for a
luncheon.
* The delegation also received a military briefing by Lieutenant
General Elias Leontaris, who is chief of the National Guard. Lt.
Gen. Leontaris hosted a welcome reception for the delegation
at the Officer's Club.
* The delegation visited the Tomb of Makedonitissa, a war
memorial and military cemetery where each organization's
head laid a wreath.
* The delegation visited the Cyprus - Israeli Monument, which
commemorates 2,200 Jewish children born in Cyprus to
Jewish Holocaust survivors detained in Cyprus between 1946
and 1949.
* AHEPA District 27, Cyprus, hosted a dinner for the joint delegation.

Greece
* Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
* American Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt and Deputy
Chief of Mission David Burger.
* Minister for Development and Investment Adonis Georgiadis.

AHEPA DELEGATION VISITS
PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM
An AHEPA delegation, led by Supreme President George G.
Horiates, visited the Patriarchate of Jerusalem and had an audience with His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem
and All Palestine, January 10. Canadian President Christos
Argiriou, Supreme Treasurer Savas Tsivicos, Supreme Counselor
Louis Atsaves, Supreme Governors Chris Kaitson and Phanos
Pitiris, Cyprus & Hellenic Affairs Committee Chairman Dr. Zenon
Christodoulou, Executive Director Basil Mossaidis, and Consultant
Andrew Kaffes, accompanied the Supreme President. The delegation appreciated the opportunity to discuss the latest developments with the Patriarchate of Jerusalem together with a delegation representing the American Hellenic Institute (AHI). Following
the meeting, the delegation toured the Holy Sites of Jerusalem.

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