Energy Dominates Meeting Between PM Mitsotakis and U.S. Ambassador Guilfoyle

Mitsotakis welcomes the caller US Ambassador to Athens, Kimberly Guilfoyle. Credit: AMNA/Orestis Panagiotou

Energy practice betwixt Greece and the U.S. was the cardinal absorption of the treatment betwixt Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the caller American Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle during their archetypal gathering astatine the Maximos Mansion (the Prime Minister’s office).

Prime Minister Mitsotakis offered a lukewarm invited and highlighted the existent authorities of bilateral relations:

“We are blessed to invited you. You get astatine a clip erstwhile Greek-American relations are astatine a historical high, which does not mean we cannot amended them further. I judge I person a wide docket of topics for treatment regarding the deepening of cooperation.”

He emphasized Greece’s strategical role:

“Greece is simply a pillar of determination stability, a U.S. ally, a state of captious value successful matters of determination cooperation, and, of course, a state that plays a precise important relation arsenic a origin of stableness successful each determination conflicts, including the Middle East.”

Credit: AMNA/Orestis Panagiotou

On Energy:

“Greece is simply a state that speaks arsenic an adjacent with the U.S. connected energy, peculiarly connected Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) successful the region. We volition person a large inaugural coinciding with your arrival: a important league taking spot time and the time aft present successful Athens, with a precise important American presence.”

“Greece is the introduction constituent for LNG for the full region. The Vertical Corridor is besides a task of strategical value for Greece and the U.S.”

He concluded by noting aboriginal cooperation:

“Beyond these issues, determination is simply a plethora of subjects we volition enactment connected unneurotic to bring much American investments to Greece done large U.S. exertion companies. Next twelvemonth we volition observe 250 years of American Independence. Welcome; I look guardant to moving with you.”

Credit: AMNA/Orestis Panagiotou

Ambassador Guilfoyle’s connection astatine Mitsotakis meeting

Ambassador Guilfoyle expressed her enthusiasm and acknowledged the relationship’s strength:

“It is simply a joyousness and a privilege to beryllium present successful your astonishing country, the cradle of democracy.”

She confirmed her governmental relation and the extent of U.S. commitment:

“I volition beryllium present arsenic a typical of the Trump Administration arsenic we observe the 250th anniversary. We person fantabulous cooperation. Greece is an vigor hub here, connected the Vertical Corridor.”

She highlighted the upcoming vigor conference:

“More than 80 U.S. authorities officials will be the league here, which is simply a milestone for Greece and the U.S. The U.S. Secretary of State is returning to Greece, and we besides person different ministers; determination is large excitement. There is besides a ample contingent of Deputy Secretaries who volition attend. They look guardant to seeing you and being portion of this milestone.”

She concluded by linking vigor and security:

“The absorption of vigor arsenic a pillar of borderline information volition beryllium the item of the relationship.”

Guilfoyle presents her credentials to the Greek President

On Tuesday, the caller U.S. Ambassador to Greece presented her credentials to the President of the Hellenic Republic, Konstantinos Tasoulas, marking the authoritative commencement of her duties arsenic the 25th U.S. Ambassador to Athens and the archetypal pistillate to clasp the position.

Tasoulas warmly welcomed Kimberly Guilfoyle, who amazed the President by stating that she was “returning” to Athens. For his part, Tasoulas referred to the important media involvement that the caller ambassador’s tenure has already generated since its archetypal hours.

Kimberly Guilfoyle stated:

“It was a large grant to contiguous my credentials to President Konstantinos Tasoulas. It is simply a profound privilege for maine to service arsenic the United States Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic and to beryllium the archetypal pistillate Ambassador of my state to Greece.

“I look guardant to moving with our Greek allies to beforehand peace, prosperity, and information successful the Eastern Mediterranean, and I volition beryllium a arrogant typical of President Trump, a beardown advocator for American interests, and an unwavering person of Greece and the Greek people,” she concluded.