Kikilias: Greece and US relations are being upgraded and strengthened

“The Greek-US narration is astatine a very precocious level, it is being upgraded and strengthened,” Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Vassilis Kikilias, said astatine the 15th Capital Link taking spot successful Athens. The curate stressed that large opportunities are opening up successful the energy, shipyards and shipping successful the adjacent future.

“It is our work to exploit them,” helium said, noting that “the US produces and exports LNG, while the Greek-owned fleet, with 5,700 ships, represents 20% of the planetary fleet and 24.5% of the planetary LNG bearer capacity.”

“It is evident that we tin work intimately together to execute caller jobs and growth, done partnerships successful vigor and its transportation,” Kikilias noted.

He besides referred to the imaginable that Greece has to look arsenic a cardinal vigor center: “Greece is simply a gateway for LNG from various countries, such arsenic the US, facilitating state flows to conscionable the vigor needs of different countries arsenic well. In this way, we lend to the vigor information of some the state itself and the full Southeastern Europe.”

Referring to his caller trip to the United States, Kikilias noted: “I had successive meetings successful Athens and Washington with the US Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum, liable for coordinating vigor policy, the Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, and high-ranking State Department officials, arsenic well arsenic with concern banks, senators, governors, and the backstage sector. The talks were productive. There is simply a wide will to cooperate. Our teams are working together connected a realistic, workable program that will beryllium presented successful the coming months.”

Referring to the value of Capital Link, the Minister underlined: “Capital Link has evolved into an institution. It is simply a gathering constituent for radical from the marketplace and politics, successful Greek shipowners, diplomats and concern executives. Such events are useful, they supply a space for the speech of ideas and the formulation of improvement policies. When radical conscionable and stock plans and visions, affirmative results ever emerge.”