Pivotal talks set for Washington

The Greek government has high hopes for the outcome of a much-vaunted US-Greece Strategic Dialogue which is to take place in Washington on Thursday between senior Greek and American officials, focusing on regional defense, security and energy. 

As Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras meets with European Union counterparts in Brussels on Thursday to discuss budgetary issues and Brexit, his Alternate Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos is due in the American capital with the chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA), Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, for talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell. 

Concluding a four-day visit to Greece at the end of last month, US Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Threat Prevention and Security Policy Elizabeth Neumann...