The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Giorgos Gerapetritis, will go to Washington today, Thursday, February 8.

On Friday, February 9, Mr. Gerapetritis will have a meeting at the State Department with the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Antony Blinken.

After the meeting, the two Ministers will announce the opening of the 5th Greece-US Strategic Dialogue, which will be attended by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alexandra Papadopoulou and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Economic Diplomacy and External Affairs, Costas Fragogiannis.

The topics covered by the 5th Strategic Dialogue are Regional Developments, Defense and Security, Humanitarian Challenges and Disaster Preparedness, Energy and Environment, Law Enforcement and Countering Terrorism, Trade and Investments , the Bonds between the two Peoples.

The two Ministers of Foreign Affairs will make joint statements to the press, while a signing ceremony will be held by Mr. Gerapetritis, of the act of accession of Greece to the “Artemis” space cooperation agreements.

During his stay in Washington, Mr. Gerapetritis will address the Wilson Center event “Countdown to Our Ocean, Greece 2024: An Ocean with Dynamics” and will participate in a discussion with the US President’s Special Envoy on Climate, John Kerry.

Finally, Mr. Gerapetritis will be an official guest speaker at the Georgetown University event entitled “Challenges and Opportunities: The Future of Europe, EU-US Relations, the Middle East and Greece’s Role in the World Stage”.