Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, along with the country’s defense minister and armed forces’ leadership, boarded the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower on Tuesday, which has docked at the Souda anchorage in northern Crete.
The aircraft carrier’s docking in Crete is the latest in a series of high-profile visits and joint exercises between Greek and US forces, on land, sea and air.
Mitsotakis and the Greek delegation, along with US ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt, were greeted by top US commanders in the region, as well as the carrier’s commander, Capt. Paul Campagna.
“This week, as we’re celebrating the 200-year anniversary of the beginning of the Greek Revolution, we recall the bonds that unite us with the United States; bonds that are not only social, political, economic, but are also, primarily, ones of common values,” Mitsotakis said, in a brief statement, adding that Greece-US military cooperation is at an extremely high level.
