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PM congratulates Iranian refugee who aced university entry exams

PM congratulates Iranian refugee who aced university entry exams

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis congratulated an Iranian student who excelled in Greece’s nationwide university entry exams this summer in a call on Wednesday. 

Kouros Durmohammadi Bagi and his family arrived on the island of Lesvos in 2019 in a boat full of refugees. He did not speak a single word in Greek. Just three years later, he scored an average of 18.25 (in 20) in the exams, a rate he hopes will secure him a place in the School of Electrical Engineering in Thessaloniki.

Mitsotakis, calling from Madrid where he is attending a summit meeting of NATO, told Kouros he is an example and a source of optimism and invited him at Maximos Mansion, the prime minister’s office, next week.

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