Athens.- The US ambassador in Athens on Wednesday hosted a luncheon for some 50 of Greece’s most accomplished women on the occasion of International Women’s Month, according to a press release issued by the US embassy in Athens.

Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis was the guest of honor at the event.

“Today is to celebrate you, to recognise you and commend you as Greek women for all you have contributed to your country and to us in the broader international community,” US ambassador Daniel Speckhard said, adding: “I hope we can work together, Greeks and Americans, on some of the challenges facing women all over the world.”

Bakoyannis noted that Greece will in the near future host a forum on the subject of “womenʼs empowerment”, focused on the Middle East.