Greece is a strong member state of the European Union and of NATO, and it is a country that has strategic relations with the United States it wants to deepen, and a country that can now jointly formulate European policies, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during his conversation with journalist and author Robert D. Kaplan at the Delphi Economic Forum X on Thursday.

Newly appointed NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is set to visit Athens next Tuesday for high-level discussions with Greece’s leadership.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Washington.