PM Mitsotakis meets with US secretary of interior in Athens

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum successful Athens connected Thursday to sermon vigor cooperation.

The gathering came 1 time aft the American lipid institution Chevron submitted a bid for hydrocarbon exploration successful 4 offshore blocks south of Crete and the Peloponnese.

According to a authorities statement, the talks confirmed the “excellent level” of Greek-American relations, with discussions focusing connected energy. The statement added that Greece is becoming an vigor hub successful the Eastern Mediterranean and Southeastern Europe.

Mitsotakis and Burgum besides discussed energy interconnector projects, peculiarly the GSI and GREGY initiatives, the Alexandroupoli-Odessa corridor, and the relation of Greek shipping successful LNG transport.

At the start of the meeting, the two men had a little speech successful beforehand of journalists.

Mitsotakis welcomed Burgum to Athens, expressing condolences implicit the execution of blimpish governmental fig Charlie Kirk, while besides drafting attraction to Chevron’s bid.

“It’s a very absorbing coincidence that you travel a time aft Chevron officially submits involvement to start exploratory work successful areas south of Crete, confirming the sovereign rights of the Hellenic Republic successful that area,” Mitsotakis told Burgum.

For his part, Burgum told Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis that the relation of the US is to guarantee vigor abundance for its allies so they bash not beryllium connected adversaries.

“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 told Mitsotakis.

[Kathimerini, Reuters]