Doug Bergam: US Consider Greece Strategic Partner
“First of all, I would like to welcome you to Athens. Your presence here today coincides with the anniversary of September 11th. It is, of course, a day of highly charged emotionally. I would like to start by expressing my disgust and sadness over the heinous assassination of Charlie Kerk, “he said Kyriakos Mitsotakis welcoming to Maximus Mansion to the Minister of Interior of the United States of America Doug Bergam.
“Political violence has no place in our democracy and freedom of speech must be protected at all costs.”the prime minister underlined.
He then referred to her official interest Chevron For hydrocarbon exploration in Greek waters: “But you come to a very interesting moment. I believe it is an opportunity to reaffirm the strategic partnership between our two countries, but also to focus particularly on energy and energy cooperation. I find it a very interesting coincidence that you are coming one day after Chevron has officially expressed its interest in launching research activities in the area south of Crete, thus confirming the sovereign rights of the Hellenic Republic in this area. It also makes us happy that we can talk about Greece’s regional role as a pillar of energy security for the wider region. We are now a country that exports natural gas. We are a large node of import and export gas to the area. We export electricity, we export petroleum, and this makes us a very powerful “player” in the Eastern Mediterranean. We look forward to further strengthening this partnership between our two countries, for the benefit of, I believe, and our two peoples. Therefore, I welcome you to Greece again. “
The US Interior Minister thanked the Greek Prime Minister on behalf of Donald Trump and the US government. “We share your goals. The United States considers Greece a strategic partner. We believe that the relationships we have today can grow and expand, especially in the field of energy and energy security. The Trump government has some energy -related goals, and one of them is energy proficiency, the sale of energy to our friends and allies, so that they do not have to buy from our opponents. The North -South corridor, the role of Greece, with its long history in shipping, access to the sea, with the pipeline system that extends north from here, there are many opportunities for the participation of Greek companies and Greece in Energy Security for Eastern Europe and Southeast Europe. We are excited about the opportunities that exist there. Of course, the United States is fully committed to replacing Russian gas with American gas. Literally, hundreds of billions of dollars are invested in our country both for production and exporting LNG. This represents one of the many opportunities for cooperation between our two countries, “he said.
Government sources say that during the meeting the excellent level of Greek -American relations confirmed, while discussing the strengthening of cooperation in the energy sector.
The prime minister emphasized the strategic nature of Greek -American relations and Greece -US defense and energy cooperation.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphasized that Greece, with its initiatives and infrastructures it develops, converted to an energy hub in the Eastern Mediterranean and Southeast Europe, to an energy exporter and an energy security provider across the area.
The prime minister emphasized the strategic importance of interconnections, electric and digital, and made special reference to In the works of Great Sea Interconnector and GREGY Interconnector.
Still informed Mr. Bergam For the importance of an axis that will connect Alexandroupolis with Odessafollowing a proposal he had made during his visit to Odessa in June. During the meeting was also discussed The role of Greek shipping in LNG transport.