“I have come to Greece to expand the partnership that’s already at the best level it has ever been,” Pompeo said after signing a revised mutual defence cooperation agreement. “A strong and prosperous Greece is good for the Greek people and good for America,” he added in a tweet late Saturday. “We are opening a new chapter in our history,” prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Pompeo. “Our relationship has truly never been as strong as today.”No US secretary of state has spent as much time in Greece in years. “What we are witnessing is a dramatic improvement in ties especially on the military, energy and political fronts.

Source: The Guardian October 06, 2019 19:30 UTC