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Greek Alternate Defense Minister Beglitis Concludes Trip to Washington, D.C.

Greece’s Alternate Defense Minister Panos Beglitis on Friday ended a three-day visit to Washington, D.C. During his travels he presented the U.S. military leadership with a memorandum describing Turkey’s behaviour in the Aegean over recent years.
During the visit he met U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow and Chairman of the U.S. Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen.
Beglitis expressed Athens’ strong concern over the behaviour and practices adopted by Ankara in the Aegean.  In particular he described the constant violations of Greek air space and other actions that clearly aim to dispute the legal status and Greece’s territorial rights in the region.

He repeated Greece’s desire to improve relations with Turkey.  Beglitis pointed to Greece’s support of  Turkey’s European entry on the condition that Turkey fulfilled the obligations arising from treaties governing the operation of the European Union.
Concerning Greece’s participation in peace-keeping missions, Beglitis emphasised that Greece had remained a steadfast, faithful and reliable ally through its participation in the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, KFOR in Kosovo and the operations against piracy in Somalia, in spite of its current economic difficulties. He also pointed to the country’s contribution to regional security issues in the Balkans and Mediterranean.
During his visit a meeting was held between delegations of the two countries at the High Level Consultative Committee.  The meeting held an in depth discussion on ways to further improve and enhance the strategic partnership of the two nations.

Beglitis also had the opportunity to discuss a series of issues focusing on the upcoming NATO summit in Lisbon, NATO relations with Russia and the EU and Greece’s contribution to peace-keeping missions for protecting world peace and security.
Beglitis briefed U.S. officials on recent changes to modernise the Greek armed forces.  He informed them of a series of measures taken to create a “modern, flexible and efficient force” that was of higher quality in terms of equipment and operations.
(source: ana-mpa)

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