Chania: Pompeo’s reception at the Mitsotaki house



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The Secretary of State of the United States, Mike Pompeo, and his wife Susan were received by the couple of prime ministers in Chania.

The head of American diplomacy arrived at Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s parental home at 8:45 p.m. and the two men I talked for a while on the porch of the house overlooking the port of Souda.

It should be noted that on Tuesday morning, Messrs. Mitsotakis and Pompeo will visit the military installations at the Souda base.

Then – according to the program at 11:20 am – an extended meeting of delegations will be held at the 115th Battle Wing, followed by statements in the media immediately afterward.

At 1:15 pm, Mr. Mitsotakis and Mr. Pompeo will have a working lunch at the Prime Minister’s parental home. On the Greek side, the meetings will be attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias, the Minister of Defense Nikos Panagiotopoulos, the Chief of Staff Konstantinos Floros and the director of the Prime Minister’s Diplomatic Office, Ambassador Eleni Sourani.

Finally, at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State of the United States will visit the archaeological site of Aptera in the presence of the Minister of Culture and Sports, Lina Mendoni.

The US Secretary of State sends a clear message of support from Greek territory for the “3 + 1” scheme, that is, for the Greece-Cyprus-Israel plus the US alliance in the Eastern Mediterranean.

After all, indicative of the earlier message from the American side was the joint declaration of the head of American diplomacy with his Greek counterpart, Nikos Dendias.



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