In the context of maintaining close tights of the Hellenic Parliament with the bodies of Hellenism of the Diaspora, the 1st Vice President of the House, Mr. Tassos Kourakis, welcomed in his office, the President of the World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association (WHIA) Mr. Thomas Katsiantonis, State representative of New Hampshire in the USA and Mr. Leonidas Raptakis, WHIA member and state senator in Rhodes Island, USA. The meeting was also attended by the Diplomatic Advisor of the Hellenic Parliament, Ambassador Mr. Spyros Theocharopoulos. 

After Cyprus, US's John Kerry expected in Athens Speech by the President of the Hellenic Parliament Mr. Nicholas Voutsis during the parliamentary discussion of the State Budget 2016