Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Harry Theoharis, as part of his trip to the US, paid a two-day visit to Washington, where he held a series of important meetings with officials of the US administration and representatives of business organisations.
On the first day of his visit, the Deputy Minister met with the team of Steve Witkoff on the reconstruction of Gaza; with DFC officials on attracting American investment to Greece; with the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment, Jacob Helberg, on energy security and technological cooperation; and with Assistant Secretary of Commerce David Fogel.
These were followed by contacts with Excelerate Energy on LNG infrastructure, a discussion at Bloomberg on the Greek economy, and a meeting at the White House with the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Michael Kratsios, on innovation and new technologies.
On the last day of his visit to the United States, Mr. Theoharis met with the new Deputy US Trade Representative for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Jeffrey Goettman, to whom he presented the request for flagship Greek products to be exempted from the additional tariff regime. He also highlighted the new productive investments being made by Greek industries in the United States, seeking the US administration’s support for them.
Mr. Theoharis then met with the President of the EXIM Bank, John Jovanovic, with whom they discussed the framework for cooperation between the US agency and the Export Credit Greece (ECG). This cooperation is expected to be specified in the near future through a memorandum of cooperation.
He subsequently met with executives of the energy company ConocoPhillips, discussing the prospect of expanding its international presence to Greece as well. Finally, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs visited the production facility of THEON in Virginia, which manufactures state-of-the-art equipment for the US armed forces.
The contacts confirmed Greece’s enhanced role in energy, innovation and international investment, as well as the steady upgrading of Greek–American relations.
