THE Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met, in the framework of the 60th Munich Security Conference, with the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the United States Senate, Ben Cardin, and the member of the same Committee Chris Van Hollen.

During the meetings the Prime Minister referred to the historically high level of Greek-American relations, which was recently confirmed by the letter of the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as well as by the 5th Round of the Strategic Dialogue between the two countries that concluded a few days ago in Washington and further consolidates the close Greek-American cooperation in a number of fields.

The latest developments in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Middle East and Ukraine were also discussed.

Earlier, Kyriakos Mitsotakis had a meeting with his Lithuanian counterpart, Ingrida Šimonytė. The discussion focused on European issues and developments in Ukraine.

At noon the Prime Minister met with the President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani. During the meeting, bilateral relations and the prospect of strengthening them, especially in the field of economic cooperation, were examined. The developments in the wider Middle East were also discussed.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis then had a meeting with the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kourti. The Prime Minister reiterated Greece’s support for the European perspective of the Western Balkans and the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis also had a meeting with the President of the Christian Democrats of Germany, Friedrich Merz, with whom there was an exchange of views on the June European elections and common challenges faced by the states of the European Union.

The Prime Minister also met with the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hendrik Wüst, with whom he discussed common challenges, such as immigration and border protection, but also the energy transition.

The Prime Minister’s interlocutors congratulated him on the initiative to legislate equality in marriage for same-sex couples.