US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Erika Olson, who is overseeing policy for Southern Europe and the Caucasus, gave an interview to Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA) during her visit to Athens and Thessaloniki earlier this week.
Stressing that the bilateral relationship between Greece and the US is currently “better than it ever has been,” Olson said that she sees “opportunities for us to continue to grow and expand on that good work.”
On the importance of the northern Greek port city of Alexandroupolis, the American official said that it “plays a key role in building regional stability, but also in strengthening European energy and climate security,” adding that “the frequent rotations of US and NATO personnel highlight the accelerating momentum of our military and security relationship which is anchored in our Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement (MDCA), which we updated last Fall with the visit of [Greek] Foreign Minister [Nikos] Dendias.”
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