US looks to Greece for more military rotations in Mediterranean
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
The United States wants to increase troop rotations into Greece and gain more access to bases that can facilitate missions stretching from the eastern Mediterranean into the Black Sea and Balkans, America’s top diplomat in Athens said.
U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt said Washington and Athens are working on updating a longstanding defense cooperation agreement in order to enable a wider range of military missions. Currently, the U.S. military agreement with Greece is centered around operations at the U.S. Navy’s base at Souda Bay. However, there is little room for growth at that longstanding military hub, Pyatt said.
“Souda Bay is pretty much full,” Pyatt told Greece’s Kathimerini newspaper in an interview published Monday.
Tagged under
Related items
- Lamia: 63 cases of food poisoning from school lunches
- Higher global temperatures causing Caretta turtles to lay eggs sooner
- Mitsotakis: If North Macedonia does not respect the Prespa Agreement, their path to the EU will remain closed
- EU Commission sees Greece's growth rate at 2.2% in 2024 and 2.3% in 2025
- Menidi: Forty year old woman stabbed by enstranged husband in the middle of the street - Police on manhunt
Latest from E.Tsiliopoulos
- Lamia: 63 cases of food poisoning from school lunches
- Higher global temperatures causing Caretta turtles to lay eggs sooner
- Mitsotakis: If North Macedonia does not respect the Prespa Agreement, their path to the EU will remain closed
- EU Commission sees Greece's growth rate at 2.2% in 2024 and 2.3% in 2025
- Menidi: Forty year old woman stabbed by enstranged husband in the middle of the street - Police on manhunt