Pyatt: US-Greece cooperation ‘proceeding at top speed’

Describing Greece as a "pillar of stability in a difficult region," US Ambassador to Athens Geoffrey Pyatt has confirmed that bilateral relations between the two NATO allies are "proceeding at top speed" following the election of the conservative government in national elections earlier this month.
Addressing the Economist's 23rd Roundtable with the Government of Greece, Pyatt hailed Greece's success in persevering through immense challenges "while maintaining its democracy, rejecting extremism, and now paving the way for further economic growth."
"Greece is a pillar of stability in a difficult region," Pyatt said adding that the two NATO allies share key strategic goals across a 270 degree arc of challenges from the Western Balkans to the Black Sea, the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant region.
"Greece has also transformed from being a source of problems to a source...

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