Blinken to visit Greece to talk aid to Ukraine

The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Greece next week to discuss their support for Ukraine, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller announced at a briefing on Jan.4.

Blinken embarks on his fourth trip to the Middle East with stops in Europe on Jan.5.

“Over the course of the next week, the Secretary will visit Türkiye, Greece, Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the West Bank, and Egypt for meetings with foreign counterparts and others,” said Miller.

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Blinken will be “focused on a number of critical issues,” including a conversation with the Greek government about their continued support for Ukraine and ensuring regional maritime security.

“Greece is an important NATO ally and he’s looking forward to visit there to talk about Greece’s support for Ukraine, which has been longstanding, really since the outset of the conflict, safeguarding regional maritime security, and there will be other issues that we’ll talk about as well that I’m sure we’ll read out afterwards,” said Miller.

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In response to a journalist's question about whether the U.S. expects any specific outcomes regarding Greek support for Ukraine, the State Department representative said that more information would be available after the meetings conclude.

It was reported that the U.S. was negotiating with Greece about purchasing munitions for Ukraine in late November.

Three major Greek shipping companies had ceased transporting Russian oil in to avoid U.S. sanctions in November.

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