Greece, US bolster cooperation in fight against terrorism

Greece and the United States are deepening their cooperation in the fight against global terrorism with exchanges of data, know-how and equipment, following a visit to the US last week by Citizens' Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis.
"Greek-US relations are at the very best level they've been in several years, and this was confirmed during the visit," a ministry source told Kathimerini on Monday, referring to Chrysochoidis' trip and his meetings with officials from the US Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the State Department.
Key to the effort will be increasing the training of Greece's counterterrorism services by US experts as well as speeding up the identification of potential suspects at airports and during the processing of incoming migrants and refugees.
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