Robert Menendez

On the final day of his official visit to the US and his second day at Washington, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with prominent members of the two congressional legislatures, the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Senator Robert Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has outlined 10 issues that President Donald Trump should bring up with visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

US Senator Robert Menendez has congratulated Greece's new conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on his election victory while pledging to pursue further strengthening of relations between Washington and Athens.

The Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC) celebrated Wednesday's passage of the "Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act," authored by Senators Robert Menendez  and Marco Rubio, through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

The strengthening of ties with the United States' "real allies" is at the heart of the EastMed Act, said US Senator Robert Menendez, referring to the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act of 2019, a bipartisan legislation that would allow the US to fully support the trilateral partnership of Greece, Cyprus and Israel through energy and defense cooperation initiatives.

Greece is ready to play a leading role in the Eastern Mediterranean after emerging from the debt crisis, US Senator Robert Menendez has said, adding that opportunities to deepen security ties in the region "have never been more promising."

The Russian Embassy in Athens suggested Thursday that Washington was meddling in Greece's domestic affairs, pointing to the recent visit by US Senator Robert Menendez, who referred to Greek-Turkish relations and slammed Ankara's intention to purchase the Russian S-400 weapon system.

Greece's Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis met with US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt on Thursday to discuss security in the Eastern Mediterranean and other issues of bilateral interest.

This is the second meeting between the two officials this week, after Apostolakis met with the ambassador and visiting US Senator Robert Menendez on Monday. 

The Russian Embassy in Greece on Thursday blasted the foreign policy views presented by visiting US Senator Robert Menendez, accusing him and his country of interfering in the country's politics.

Greek Foreign Minister George Katrougalos met with US Senator Robert Menendez on Tuesday to discuss US-Greek relations, a bill on US strategy in the Eastern Mediterranean and developments in Venezuela, according to state-run news agency ANA-MPA.