* Sakellaropoulou meets Dutch royals; excellent relations between Greece and Netherlands confirmed
King Willem-Alexander
and Queen Maxima of the
Netherlands
were
welcomed to Greece
by Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos
Dendias at the
Athens International Airport at
around
22:45 on
Sunday.
The Dutch royal couple is on an official three-day visit at the invitation of the President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou.
Their official schedule began on Monday with the laying of a wreath at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in Syntagma Square.
They were also welcomed by Sakellaropoulou in a ceremony at the presidential mansion.
At 10:30 on Monday, the Dutch king and queen met with the Ombudsmen of
Greece and the Netherlands atthe Netherlands Institute in Athens, and at 13:30 they are to visit the archaeological site of the Acropolis.
At 15:00 the royal visitors will meet with Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis at Technopolis („Gazi”) and attend a reception by the Dutch community, while at
20:00 PresidentSakellaropoulou is hosting an official dinner at the presidential mansion in their honor.
At 09:35 on Tuesday (Nov. 1), the king and queen of the Netherlands and Sakellaropoulou will attend a round-table discussion on violence against women at the National Library of Greece, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), after which (at11:00) they will attend the 14th competition of innovation and startup entrepreneurship „The Squeeze” at the SNFCC’s Faros (Lighthouse) building.
Later on
the
same day (12:25), the royal couple will
visit
the
„Elpida” Oncological Unit,
the country’s
first
paediatric oncology hospital,
and at 15:00 they will visit a school
and
housing facilities for young
people.
Their Tuesday schedule will end with
a dinner in
honour of
President Sakellaropoulou, hosted by the
Dutch royals at the Megaron Concert
Hall (20:00).
On Wednesday (Nov. 2), the king and queen will travel to Thessaloniki to continue and complete their official visit to Greece.
