Top US Policymakers commemorate 60th anniversary of Cyprus Independence

In all, 46 speakers paid tribute to the Republic of Cyprus including: from Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides, Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou and Ambassador to the US Marios Lysiotis; from Greece, a message from Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was read by Greece’s Ambassador to the US Alexandra Papadopoulou; US Undersecretary of State Brian Bulatao; current House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Eliot Engel, as well as the top two candidates for the next Chairman, Congressmen Brad Sherman and Gregory Meeks; Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member, Senator Bob Menendez; the Chairman of the House Middle East Subcommittee and Co-Chair of the Congressional Hellenic Israeli Alliance, Congressman Ted Deutch; as well as American Jewish Committee CEO David Harris and Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros.