US-Greece Relations

The West cannot abandon Turkey, and Greece does not want the West to abandon Turkey, even with a president like Erdogan – the dangerous revisionist that supposedly no one wants to talk to.

PM addresses Congress as a Western leader highlighting the challenges and dilemmas democracies face in a multilateral world order, urges no arms sales to Turkey.

'We have much to discuss today on our ongoing support for Ukraine, our deepening defense and trade partnerships, energy security, climate change, and so much more,' the US president said.

The geopolitical and economic upgrading of Athens as a partner of the US should be highlighted, and all issues regarding Turkish provocations should be raised

Erdogan has not moved an inch in pursuing a wide array of claims and challenges to Greek sovereignty, and the PM must make tough calls on what more Athens may legitimately negotiate, without compromising sovereignty and national interests.

Mitsotakis and Harris discussed Turkish provocations against Greece in the Eastern Mediterranean, at a time when Ankara is disputing Athens’ sovereignty over certain Aegean islands, which Turkey claims should be demilitarised.

'Both sides expect a Washington visit to happen, and I think it will largely be determined on how things proceed in terms of finally defeating the pandemic and getting us back to the normal business of face to face diplomacy.'

American intervention can protect the status quo in the Eastern Mediterranean and effectively prod Greece and Turkey to return to the negotiating table on an equal footing,

Mr. Biden has a lot to do right off the bat for his  citizenry. He does not have a magic wand to deal with Greece and the new global realities.

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).

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras outlined his arguments about the regional benefits of the FYROM naming accord (Prespa Agreement), discussed Greece’s relations with the US and Russia, and ruled out early elections, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal “I will not play games. The agreement will be ratified in the Greek parliament just after […]

The Americans discerned, thanks to their strategic prowess, that Greece, despite its sins, could not be left alone in a region rife with loci of instability, and the geopolitical argument prevailed

The prime minister, hand-in-hand with the US ambassador, went to the Thessaloniki International Fair, where they listened to an American military band, in the shadow of the flagship of the US Sixth Fleet

US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt stress the importance of US-Greece military and economic ties, as well as the significance of the US being the honoured country at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), in an article published today

Among the issues on the agenda of talks between General Dunford and Admiral Apostolakis were the US base in Souda, Crete, and Greece’s role as a pillar of stability in the Mediterranean, where Cyprus’ gas and oil drilling has caused heightened tensions between Nicosia and Ankara,