Truman Doctrine

Turkey is escalating its rhetoric against Greece again

Greece's geostrategic location is key to stability in the Eastern Mediterranean, US Ambassador to Athens Geoffrey Pyatt said Tuesday adding that Athens and Washington are taking steps to update their defense cooperation.

Currently on a visit to Greece, the schedule of US Senator Bob Menendez in Athens features the typical lineup of meetings with relevant officials, a series of "exclusive" interviews, and analyses of the legislation that he and Senator Marco Rubio just introduced.

WASHINGTON, DC - The first US-Greece Strategic Dialogue this month highlighted the steadily improving bilateral relations between Washington, DC, and Athens.

Cooperation between Greece and the United States has gradually strengthened over the last two centuries, starting with US President James Monroe, who in 1822 stated "a strong hope is entertained that the Greeks will recover their independence," through Barack Obama's "Zito i Ellas" (Long live Greece), to Donald Trump, who said that the Greeks "have been loyal friends and allies."