Greece–United States relations

The US Embassy in Athens and its Consular Section, the US Consulate General in Thessaloniki, and all US government offices in Greece will be closed on Monday in observance of Veterans Day, a US federal holiday that honors military veterans of the United States Armed Forces.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has expressed confidence that Greek-American relations will remain stable and productive following Donald Trump's election in the US presidential race.

In an interview with Antonis Sroiter for protothema.gr, U.S. Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis emphasized that the longstanding strong relationship between the U.S. and Greece remains unaffected by presidential transitions in the U.S.

The role of the Greek diaspora, the shortcomings of the Biden administration, the excesses of the Trump camp, Greece’s relationship with the Greek-American community, and international developments were among the topics discussed with Jake Sotiriadis, a strategy advisor at the State Department.

It’s not just Americans who are currently, the day before the US election season draws the curtain, anxious about the day ahead.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held a working breakfast at his residence in Hania, on the island of Crete, with a group of Republican US senators, including Jerry Moran, Susan Collins, John Boozman, John Cornyn and John Hoeven.

Defense Minister Nikos Dendias and US Ambassador George Tsunis also attended, a press release from the Prime Minister's Office said. 

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had a working breakfast at his home in Chania with a group of Republican Party senators who serve on the United States Senate’s Resource Allocation, Intelligence and Energy Committees, among others.

The AHEPA Foundation Inc, linked to American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association, the largest Greek-American association worldwide, will inaugurate the John George Tsitsos Scholarship Fund with a 17.3 million dollar donation from an anonymous benefactor.

The US Ambassador spoke about the upcoming visit of Kyriakos Mitsotakis to the US, saying that Greek-American relations are at a historic high

President Barack Obama's critical role in helping Greece stay in the eurozone follows in the post-WWII tradition of American engagement in the European project for geopolitical reasons, even though it was initially driven by financial concerns, argues Katerina Sokou, ELIAMEP and Atlantic Council non-resident research fellow in a research paper just published.