Energy Tops Talks Between Greek PM, US Sec’t of Interior Burgum

Energy and vigor corridors were prominently connected the docket of talks successful Athens connected Thursday betwixt Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and US Secretary of the Interior Douglas Burgum, each up of the expected opening of bids for hydrocarbon exploration successful blocks south of the ample land of Crete.

Mitsotakis, successful fact, referred straight to multinational Chevron’s involvement – successful concern with section HelleniQ – successful hydrocarbon exploration and imaginable exploitation successful Greek waters.

“You are arriving astatine a very absorbing moment. I judge this is an accidental to reaffirm the strategic concern betwixt our two countries, while placing a peculiar absorption connected vigor and vigor cooperation. I find it a very absorbing coincidence that you are visiting conscionable 1 time aft Chevron formally expressed its involvement successful launching exploratory activities south of Crete, thereby reaffirming the sovereign rights of the Hellenic Republic successful that area.”

The notation to “sovereign rights” comes arsenic Athens has dismissed and adjacent mocked a arguable 2019 statement betwixt Turkey and Libya to gully maritime zones betwixt them by fundamentally “erasing” and bypassing each Greek land territory successful their way.

Mitsotakis besides noted that Greece present serves arsenic a constituent for exporting earthy state shipped from elsewhere, connected the backmost of being an exporter of refined petroleum products and electricity, “… and this makes us a very strong subordinate successful the eastbound Mediterranean.”

The Greek premier highlighted the strategic value of interconnections, some electrical and digital, making special notation to the Great Sea Interconnector and the GREGY Interconnector projects. He besides briefed Burgum connected the value of a corridor linking Alexandroupolis with Odessa, pursuing up connected a connection helium had enactment guardant during his visit to the Ukrainian larboard metropolis successful June. The relation of the Greek shipping manufacture successful LNG transport was besides discussed during the meeting.

Both sides, successful fact, cited an accent connected further boosting bilateral practice successful the vigor field.

On his part, Secretary Burgum thanked Mitsotakis connected behalf of US President Donald Trump and his administration, reiterating that Washington considers Greece a strategic partner.

He added that the Trump medication has specific goals related to energy, and 1 of them is vigor abundancy.

PM connected Charlie Kirk Assassination

Earlier, his opening statements earlier the top Trump medication authoritative to Athens, Mitsotakis expressed what helium called his abhorrence and sorrow implicit the heinous execution of Charlie Kirk the erstwhile evening, while besides referring to the bittersweet day of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

“Political violence has nary spot successful our democracy, and state of speech indispensable beryllium protected astatine each costs,” helium underlined.

Source: tovima.com