Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and United States President, Joe Biden, are expected to discuss a wide range of issues including the strategic Greece-US partnership and the Russian invasion of Ukraine when they meet in Washington on Monday, government sources said. on Sunday.

The Greek Armed Forces General Staff is on high alert after the acquisition by Turkey of a fourth new generation drilling rig, which it intends to send, as Ankara previously announced, in a mission in the Eastern Mediterranean in the summer.

The latest opinion poll in Greece again gives ruling New Democracy (ND) party a comfortable lead – albeit not in double-digit territory as in previous months – against main opposition SYRIZA party, with the former ahead by 8.5 percentage points over its chief political rival.

The exposure of Greek banks to Russia and Ukraine is negigible and any predicition regarding the final impact on financial stability would be extremely premature and precarious, the Bank of Greece (BoG) said on Thursday.