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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Greece, hailing it as "pillar of stability"

This week US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Thessaloniki and Crete, where he met with Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mistotakis. Angelos Athanasopoulos, the editor in chief of politics for the Greek newspaper To Vima, analyzes the significance of Secretary Pompeo’s visit to Greece, what lies ahead for US-Greek relations, and more. 

You can read the articles we discuss on The Daily Roundup here:

Pompeo: No to unilateral actions

Pompeo leaves Greece hailing country’s role as ‘pillar of stability

Greece moves asylum-seekers to ease crowding at island camps

Greece moves hundreds of refugees from Lesbos to mainland

139 refugees head to Germany from Greece for resettlement

Orthodox church petitions UN over Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia

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