Warm Welcome for Principal Officer to Post

Ambassador Smith (left) greets Anatolia College Acting President Dr. Panos Vlahos (right) at a reception to welcome Principal Officer Robert Sanders to Post. (State Department Photo)

Ambassador Daniel B. Smith, DCM Virginia L. Bennett and the American Farm School President Dr. Panos Kanellis co-hosted a reception in honor of the newly arrived Principal Officer Robert P. Sanders to U.S. Consulate General, Thessaloniki. Local authorities, politicians, academics, security forces representatives, journalists, young entrepreneurs, NGO activists, Muslim Minority representatives, American citizens as well as diplomatic corps colleagues offered a warm welcome to Robert Sanders on September 19 on the grounds of the American Farm School.