Greece and the US Discuss Deepening Energy Partnership

The gathering came a time aft American lipid large Chevron submitted a bid for earthy state exploration disconnected the seashore of Crete. Credit: AMNA

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum connected Thursday successful Athens to sermon the deepening strategical concern betwixt the 2 nations, with a peculiar absorption connected vigor cooperation.

According to a authorities statement, the 2 leaders affirmed the “excellent level” of Greek-American relations. Mitsotakis highlighted Greece’s increasing relation arsenic a important vigor hub successful the Eastern Mediterranean and Southeastern Europe, emphasizing its presumption arsenic a cardinal exporter of earthy gas, electricity, and petroleum products.

During the meeting, Mitsotakis pointed to large infrastructure projects similar the Great Sea Interconnector and GREGY Interconnector arsenic strategically vital. He besides reiterated his connection for a caller vigor and commercialized axis connecting Alexandroupolis with Odessa, which helium archetypal presented during a sojourn to the Ukrainian larboard metropolis successful June.

The premier curate besides noted the timing of the meeting, which came conscionable 1 time aft U.S. lipid large Chevron submitted a bid for earthy state exploration disconnected the seashore of Crete. Mitsotakis framed this arsenic a affirmative reaffirmation of Greece’s sovereign rights successful the region.

US is committed to providing allies with vigor from American sources

In his remarks, Secretary Burgum, speaking connected behalf of the Trump Administration, thanked the premier curate for his hospitality and praised Greece arsenic a strategical partner. He underscored the U.S. extremity of vigor self-sufficiency and its committedness to providing allies with vigor from American sources, truthful they are not babelike connected adversaries.

Burgum specifically highlighted Greece’s strategical value owed to its agelong past of shipping and its pipeline system, which allows it to service arsenic a captious corridor for providing vigor information to Eastern and Southeastern Europe. He stressed the U.S. is “absolutely committed to replacing Russian state with American gas,” citing the hundreds of billions of dollars being invested successful U.S. LNG accumulation and export infrastructure.

The 2 besides discussed the important relation of Greek shipping successful the planetary transport of LNG.