The Public Power Corporation's (PPC) plans to penetrate the region of the Western Balkans and the Southeast Mediterranean were presented by PPC president and CEO George Stassis to the US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt, with whom he met in Washington.

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis is travelling to Washington on Thursday for the 5th round of Greece-US Strategic Dialogue, the foreign ministry announced.

The Chief of the Hellenic Armed Forces General Staff, General Konstantinos Floros is on an official visit to the USA where his meetings will include Pentagon staff, officials of the State Department, members of the Greek-American community and representatives of International Relations Institutes.