President awards medal to Susan Mubarak

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President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias on Friday awarded the Medal of the Grand Cross of the Order of the Phoenix to Susan Mubarak, president of the International Women's Movement for Peace.

She arrived at the presidential mansion accompanied by Marianna Vardinogiannis, president of the Foundation for the Child and Family, while the ceremony was also attended by Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis and Culture Minister George Voulgarakis.

Ambassador Tassos Kriekoukis,in remarks during the ceremony, praised Susan Mubarak's role in reviving the idea of a Library of Alexandria, noting that this was linked with the Hellenistic spirit but also with modern Greece, and her work with children and in the international women's movement for peace.

The president also congratulated Mubarak on her activities, while she thanked him for the honour extended to her and said that it was also shared by her associates and the thousands of young people that helped her carry out her work.

She was also presented with the Culture Ministry's Prize in recognition of her work on a global level by the culture minister.

Caption: President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias (Right) presented the Grand Cross Medal of the Order of the Phoenix to Susan Mubarak (Left), president of the International Women's Movement for Peace and wife of the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, in Athens on Friday, 6 July 2007.

ANA-MPA/Alexandros Beltes.