Rubio following meeting with Gerapetritis: Greece is a valued NATO ally and critical to regional stability

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis and his US counterpart Marco Rubio met successful Washington connected Friday, wherever they discussed ways to further heighten Greek-American relations.

The gathering lasted 45 minutes, and, arsenic Gerapetritis noted, the 2 delegations discussed the scope for practice with the caller US medication connected each levels, including the economy, tourism, trade, energy, and civilian nine relations.

The archetypal gathering betwixt Gerapetritis and Marco Rubio came successful the aftermath of the stormy statement successful the Oval Office, during which President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance engaged successful a nationalist confrontation with Volodymyr Zelensky.
“Specifically connected the Ukraine issue, I pointed retired that Europe remains committed to a conscionable and viable solution for the Ukrainian people, and careless of the nationalist confrontation that took spot today, it remains Europe’s work to upgrade its defence infrastructure. But US enactment is necessary,” said Gerapetritis.

Regarding the Middle East, Gerapetritis argued that a solution indispensable beryllium recovered that volition guarantee bid and prosperity successful the portion and explained that it indispensable guarantee some the information of Israel and a viable aboriginal for the Palestinian radical truthful that the wider portion tin participate a authorities of semipermanent peace.

Gerapetritis besides referred to the dynamic beingness of the Greek diaspora successful the US, which helium described arsenic a nexus betwixt the 2 countries.

The State Department, successful an announcement, stressed that «Greece is simply a valued NATO state and captious to determination stability.»
«Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis contiguous and reaffirmed the strategical value of the U.S.-Greece partnership. Greece is simply a valued NATO Ally and captious to determination stability. They discussed the value of confronting amerciable migration. The United States applauds Greece’s beardown committedness to defence spending and the Secretary welcomed Greece’s beingness connected the UN Security Council for its 2025-2026 term. The Secretary and Foreign Minister Gerapetritis besides discussed Greece’s enactment successful determination vigor projects and prospects for aboriginal cooperation, noted the State Department successful an announcement pursuing the Gerapetritis-Rubio meeting.

In addition, Rubio, successful a station connected X, stressed, «In my gathering with Greek Foreign Minister Gerapetritis today, we discussed what we tin execute unneurotic arsenic partners, NATO Allies, and during Greece’s word astatine the UNSC. We besides discussed Greece’s information and vigor enactment successful the Eastern Mediterranean and prospects for aboriginal cooperation”.

Source: ANA-MPA