Big plans for Alexandroupoli

Speaking at the 7th annual Exposec-Defenseworld Conference in Athens, US Ambassador to Athens Geoffrey Pyatt stressed that Greece's geostrategic location is key to security and stability in the Southeast Mediterranean. Meanwhile, referring to Greek Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis' visit to Washington next month, he underscored American interest in the northern ports of Thessaloniki and Alexandroupoli.

The American envoy has repeatedly complained because the privatization of Thessaloniki's port - which has in the past been used for the transfer of western troops and supplies, including in World War I and during the Kosovo conflict in the late 1990s - has given Russian capital a foothold in the port. Now the Americans have set their sights on the port of Alexandroupoli, which was used only by fishing boats until a few years ago. However, recent geopolitical shifts and...