Government official: “The US government overreacted on the Xiros issue”

A top government official travelling to Brussels with the Prime Minister mentioned the US government’s critical stance on the potential Savvas Xiros release. The official who is basically expressing the Prime Minister’s views, stated that the US government’s reactions were over the top, and unexpected.

“We expected criticism over the Russian pipeline deal, but not over the Xiros release”, he stated and added: “The Americans will see that we are not more lenient against terrorism”. It should be noted that Savvas Xiros has been imprisoned on charges of terrorist acts with the known terrorist organization “17th of November”, which had in the past targeted and killed US officials on Greek soil.