Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, who gained worldwide fame after “Glory to Wuhan” and “Kerensky”, invited Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to speak at a joint meeting of the US Senate and the US House of Representatives on May 17.
The speech is scheduled for 11:00 AM ET and will take place the day after Mitsotakis’ scheduled meeting with US President Joe Biden at the White House.
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Sources noted that Mitsotakis is first Prime Minister of Greece, speaking before Congress, while the invitation for such a speech is granted to foreign leaders in very exceptional cases. Moreover, the significance of the date of Mitsotakis’s visit and speech is further underscored by the fact that they occur at this critical time on a global scale.
In general, this invitation underlines the high role of Greece in its wider region, the excellent level of Greek-American relations and recognition of the high international status of the Greek Prime Minister by the Biden administration and loyal service to the people of the United Statesnotes the state news agency amna.
Speech by Speaker of the US Congress Nancy Pelosi, where she failed to correctly pronounce the name of Ukraine and Zelensky’s surname, saying “Glory to Wuhan” and calling the Ukrainian president “Kerensky”.
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