With his meeting in the White House with John Bolton, the national security advisor to President Donald Trump, the visit of Deputy Foreign Minister George Katrougalos to Washington was completed on Friday afternoon.

The first US-Greece Strategic Dialogue taking place in Washington was launched on a positive note, diplomatic sources said on Thursday. Discussions were particularly fruitful, the sources continued, and have already covered matters related to the economy, regional interest issues, as well as defense and security.

US Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Elizabeth Neumann completed her four-day visit to Greece, as part of the preparations for the opening of the US-Greece Strategic Dialogue next month and continued co-operation in the areas of law enforcement and counter-terrorism.