In Washington, it was raining non-stop as the guests of the reception in honor of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew passed through strict security checks at the entrance to the State Department.
The US is in constant contact with Greece and Ukraine, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said regarding the Russian attack in Odessa during a visit by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Minister of Migration and Asylum Dimitris Kairidis met in Washington with Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Julieta Valls Noyues and Homeland Security Deputy Assistant Secretary for Border and Immigration Adam Hunter.