WASHINGTON, DC — The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) announced the release of its 2012 Policy Statements today. The policy statements discuss issues affecting the Greek American community as they pertain to United States relations with Greece, Cyprus, and Turkey.

“We strongly urge everyone to utilize the policy statements to their full potential, educating policymakers and creating awareness of the issues to the greater community at-large,” said AHI President Nick Larigakis. “The positions presented in the document are in the best interests of the United States. We also sincerely thank the record number of organizations that have endorsed the policy statements.”

The policy statements are approved by several membership-based organizations including:

• American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA)
• American Hellenic Council of California
• Armenian National Committee of America
• Cyprus Federation of America
• Evrytanian Association of America “Velouchi”
• Hellenic American National Council (HANC)
• International Coordination Committee-Justice for Cyprus (PSEKA)
• Pancretan Association of America
• Pan-Pontian Federation of U.S.A and Canada
• Panepirotic Federation of America
• United Chios Societies of America and Canada

To download a copy of the 2012 Policy Statements, please visit https://ahiworld.org/pdfs/Policy_Statements/2012_policy_statements.pdf. (1.7 MB PDF)

The American Hellenic Institute is a non-profit Greek American public policy center that works to strengthen relations between the United States and Greece and Cyprus, and within the Greek American community.

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For additional information, please contact Demetra Atsaloglou at (202) 785-8430 or at [email protected]. For general information about the activities of AHI, please see our website at https://www.ahiworld.org.