U.S. Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt underlined that the U.S. and Greece were steadfastly dedicated to deepening their bilateral relations while speaking at a reception to mark the 4th of July held on Monday evening in Thessaloniki, ANA reports.
“Last month I was in Washington and I had the pleasure to see that the stock of the U.S.-Greece relationship is higher than ever. There is a broad consensus in Washington that Greece has become one of the most reliable and important regional allies,” said that US envoy, noting the momentum generated in the Greek-U.S. relationship by the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) in September, where the U.S. was the honored country, or the annual strategic dialogue and a series of other actions and events.
Pyatt referred to a series of energy projects in the region, such as the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) and the recent START of construction for the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) natural gas pipeline, underlining that “Northern Greece is becoming a crucial crossroads for energy security and diversification, a place for long-term investments.”
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