 As a token of gratitude for his services to Greece, the Greek government decided to be the godparent of the yet unborn baby.When the baby girl was born, she was baptised Anastasia (after her father) by the then Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Theodoros Pangalos.The Greek singer Haris Alexiou has dedicated to her the song "Tragoudi tou Helidhoniou" (""Swallow's Song"").