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Why Greece still matters today, by John Kittmer

The Ambassador John Kittmer made a speech at King’s College London in honour of the 25th anniversary of the Centre for Hellenic Studies

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

“Greece matters today to the UK. It’s important to state this clearly. Greece matters to us diplomatically and strategically; in terms of our mutual commerce; and, of course, through the great exchange of people (principally but not only students and tourists) between us.”

Read the full speech here Why Greece still matters today (PDF, 126 KB, 9 pages)

Published 14 May 2014