Referring to Greece-US relations, he noted that the State Department has an excellent team in Athens, which promotes cooperation in defense, energy and other areas.
“Security is a condition of prosperity and right now we have lost it,” said the former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeoduring the Economist’s 26th round table discussion held in Lagonisi entitled “Antitheses, transformations, achievements in a changing world”.
As he pointed out, we were in a global environment of extremely high challenges for both the geopolitical scene and the economy.
Mr. Pompeo described the NATO meeting as excellent and the fact that Turkish President Erdogan allowed the membership application of Sweden and Norway to be positive, even saying that he appreciates the fact “that he allowed it, being a facilitator, to a degree.”
But he added that this is not a new fact for Greek-Turkish relations, which have a long past.
“States historically have conflicts. It is important to solve them through dialogue, without the use of force” he pointed out and emphasized the need to strengthen the dialogue at all levels between the two sides.
Referring to Greece-US relations, he noted that the State Department has an excellent team in Athens, which promotes cooperation in defense, energy and other areas.
He also underlined the importance of the Strategic Partnership Agreement between Greece and America, which was attempted to be built in a way that makes sense “not only militarily, but also for the energy projects that are being developed in the region, the ability to produce energy and transport it all over Europe”.
The former US Secretary of State pointed out that the war in Ukraine did not develop in the mind of the Russian president on February 24, but existed for decades and the West made it possible through its energy policies
“We all definitely want to start working at the level of diplomacy, but Putin only understands in terms of risk and in terms of power,” he pointed out characteristically, while pointing out that the West did not exhaust the scope to prevent Russian aggression, among other things, with its energy options sector.
“The American economy is a mess,” he said characteristically, referring to the interior of the United States and mentioned that many American citizens do not have to pay their rent and gas.
He pointed out the need for the energy transition to take place “in a way that the citizens themselves will be able to support it and will not cause a huge political crisis in all the states of the world”.
Criticizing Democrats, Mr. Pompeo noted that Russia has seized parts of Europe in Ukraine, both times (Crimea in 2014 and now), with Democrats in the US government.
“For four years he had not taken part of Europe. We may have been lucky” he said and added: “But I am talking to you with facts”.
Finally, Mr. Pompeo said he is considering reactivating himself politically in the next US election and even running for the US presidency, “regardless of who is the nominee” from the Republican party. As he said he will make his decision by the beginning of next year.
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