“[The] Greek Community and the Greek school preserve and pass on this enormous proud tradition to the younger generations,” said Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in tweets following his visit to the Hellenic Community Centre of Greater Montreal in Canada on Wednesday.
The Greek foreign minister visited the school together with his counterpart of Canada Mélanie Joly.
“I am among my compatriots who have crossed the Atlantic and succeeded in a young and dynamic country. And they did so by bringing the spirit of our country to this new and vibrant country,” Greece’s top diplomat noted when addressing students and staff.
The Greek minister expressed his appreciation for the Greek community’s efforts to preserve the Greek language, and to Joly for representing “the principles that Greece expresses in today’s world” that are “the same values and principles Canada stands for.”
Earlier on Wednesday, Dendias said in a tweet, the two ministers also visited the ‘Socrates-Demosthenes’ Greek School, where students recited the song ‘Tsamiko’ composed by Manos Chatzidakis and written by Nikos Gatsos, and where he also talked with students and teaching staff.
I am deeply touched that I am among my compatriots who crossed the Atlantic. I' d like to thank you because you preserve our language, the essence that it has carried for thousands of years (from the address to the
Montreal Community) pic.twitter.com/yY3VB1fGYR
— Nikos Dendias (@NikosDendias) March 16, 2023
I visited yesterday with
FM @melaniejoly, in #Montreal, The Hellenic Community Centre of Greater Montreal, signed the guestbook & met with members of the
— Nikos Dendias (@NikosDendias) March 16, 2023
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