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    Biden Praises Greece PM On Sanctions Against Russia, Support To Ukraine

    US News By Ifeanyi N.May 16, 2022Updated:May 17, 2022No Comments4 Mins Read
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    US President Joe Biden on Monday thanked Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for his country’s moral leadership in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as the two held talks at the White House on Monday about the ongoing conflict.

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    United States President, Joe Biden

    Mitsotakis was in Washington to mark a COVID-delayed commemoration of the bicentennial of the start of the Greek War of Independence, a more than eight-year-long struggle that led to the ouster of the Ottoman Empire. He will deliver an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.

    But the celebratory moment was shadowed by the most significant fighting on the continent since World War II, and as Biden seeks to keep the West unified as it pressures Russia to end the war.

    Biden praised Greece for showing moral clarity by quickly imposing sanctions against Russia following the February 24 invasion, providing Kyiv with military assistance and taking in Ukrainian refugees fleeing the conflict.

    We’re helping Ukrainians say no to Russian aggression,” Biden said. “And we’re saying no to tyranny, to the idea that autocracies will outpace democracies in the 21st century, because that’s what is at stake here in my view.

    As Europe looks to wean itself off Russian energy, Mitsotakis has pushed the idea of Greece becoming an energy hub that can bring gas, as well as renewable energies, produced in southwest Asia, the Middle East and Africa to eastern Europe.

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    “Greece plans to play an important role as a gateway for electricity produced from cheap, renewable sources,” Mitsotakis said.

    A new Greece-to-Bulgaria pipeline built during the COVID-19 pandemic, tested and due to start commercial operation in June is slated to bring large volumes of gas flow between the two countries in both directions to generate electricity, fuel industry, and heat homes.

    The new pipeline connection, called the Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria, will give Bulgaria access to ports in neighbouring Greece that are importing liquefied natural gas, or LNG, and also will bring gas from Azerbaijan through a new pipeline system that ends in Italy.

    Russia announced last month it was cutting off natural gas exports to Bulgaria and Poland over the countries’ refusal to pay in rubles.

    Greece, a fellow NATO nation, last week formally extended its bilateral military agreement with the United States for five years, replacing an annual review of the deal that grants the US military access to three bases in mainland Greece as well as the American naval presence on the island of Crete.

    Mitsotakis has expressed support for Finland and Sweden seeking membership in the NATO defence alliance, a development welcomed by much of the 30-nation group with the notable exception of Turkey, which remains locked in a decades-old dispute with Greece on sea boundaries and mineral rights in the eastern Mediterranean.

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    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday again voiced some objections to accepting Finland and Sweden, accusing the two countries of supporting Kurdish militants and others whom Turkey considers to be terrorists.

    Neither country has an open, clear stance against terrorist organisations, Erdogan said at a joint news conference with the visiting Algerian president. We cannot say yes’ to those who impose sanctions on Turkey, on joining NATO, which is a security organisation.

    Mitsotakis, in an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Monday, expressed optimism that Turkey, in the end, won’t hold up Finland and Sweden’s bid to join NATO and addressed speculation that Erdogan might use the moment to win concessions from the Biden administration on weapons sales or other matters.

    This is not really the right time to use a NATO membership (application) by these two countries to bargain” for other issues, he said.

    In addition to his address to Congress, Mitsotakis is scheduled Tuesday to be honoured at a luncheon hosted by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and will meet with members of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues and members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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