Rubio visit delivers defence ties and cable ambiguity for Greece

PoliticsGreek Politics Tags: Defence, Energy, Turkey, USA

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio left Athens on Thursday after a 24‑hour visit centred on the sixth round of the Greece–US Strategic Dialogue, which he co‑chaired with Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis. He also met PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Defence Minister Nikos Dendias, and delivered a speech at the Pnyx.

The joint statement issued afterwards commits the two sides to deeper defence ties, expanded trade and investment, and closer cultural links. Its headline items are 4 billion dollars in US arms sales, the transfer of Stryker armoured vehicles, and Greec...

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