US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt

The helicopters will act as a powerful deterrent both in the Aegean, where Ankara has laid claim to over 100 Greek rock islets and islets and in the Evros border region.

The weight of Nato's planning has shifted to our country with the unconditional consent of the Greek government and to the three countries of the so-called Western Balkans – Albania, Kosovo, and Skopje.

Extolling the history of close US-Greece ties, Pyatt said that US businesses are ready to support Greek ones, as was evidenced by the plethora of US companies at September’s Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF).