U.S. Interior Secretary in Athens: Greece a Strategic Energy Partner for the Region

Doug Burgum meets with PM Mitsotakis to deepen U.S.-Greece vigor ties amid Chevron's bid for offshore exploration adjacent Crete

The United States considers Greece a cardinal strategical spouse successful Southeast Europe and is looking to grow bilateral cooperation, peculiarly successful the tract of vigor and determination security, said U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum during his gathering with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis successful Athens.

The sojourn comes conscionable 1 time aft American vigor giant Chevron announced its bid successful the tender for offshore seismic exploration rights south of Crete — a determination hailed by the Greek broadside arsenic a measurement toward confirming Greece’s sovereign rights in the region.

“This is an important infinitesimal to reaffirm our strategical practice and to absorption connected vigor security,” said Prime Minister Mitsotakis, emphasizing Greece’s evolving relation arsenic a regional vigor hub.

“We are blessed to sermon Greece’s increasing relation arsenic a pillar of vigor information successful the wider region. We are a state that exports earthy gas, serves arsenic a transit hub, and besides exports electricity. We look guardant to deepening our practice for the payment of our peoples,” Mitsotakis added.

The Greek PM besides referred to the emotionally charged value of September 11th, expressing solidarity with the American radical and condemning the recent politically motivated execution of Charlie Kirk, stating:

“Political unit has nary spot successful our democracies, and state of code indispensable beryllium protected astatine each costs.”

U.S. Message: Energy for Allies, Not Rivals

Doug Burgum, who besides chairs the Energy Sovereignty Council under the Trump administration, emphasized the U.S. extremity of achieving energy independence portion supporting allies.

“One of our main objectives is to merchantability vigor to our friends and allies truthful they don’t person to bargain from our adversaries,” Burgum said.

He highlighted Greece’s strategical value owed to:

• Its maritime practice and entree to cardinal oversea routes,
• Its relation successful the North-South Energy Corridor,
• Its transportation to pipeline systems serving Southeast Europe.

“There are galore opportunities for Greek companies and the Greek authorities to lend to vigor information for Eastern and Southeastern Europe. We’re excited astir what lies ahead,” helium concluded.

Source: pagenews.gr

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