Cooperation signal on US LNG

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met Thursday with US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum astatine the Maximos Mansion to reaffirm strong US-Greece ties and sermon expanding practice connected vigor security, the Greek authorities said.

Mitsotakis emphasized the “strategic quality of Greek-American relations and defence and vigor cooperation,” pointing to Greece’s increasing relation arsenic an vigor hub successful the Eastern Mediterranean and Southeastern Europe. He cited projects such arsenic the Great Sea Interconnector and GREGY Interconnector and projected a corridor linking Alexandroupoli and Odesa, an thought raised during his June visit to Ukraine. Mitsotakis besides stressed the value of Greek shipping successful LNG transport. 

Marking the September 11 anniversary, Mitsotakis condemned the sidesplitting of Charlie Kirk, saying, “Political violence has nary spot successful our democracy, and state of speech indispensable beryllium protected astatine each costs.”

Burgum, representing the Trump administration, described Greece arsenic a “strategic partner” and highlighted US concern successful LNG accumulation and exports. “The Trump medication has a mates of goals astir energy, and 1 of those is vigor abundance, so vigor to our friends and our allies so they bash not person to bargain from our adversaries,” Burgum said, stressing the United States’ implicit committedness to regenerate Russian state with American gas.