Athens, Greece April 4, 2022 As delivered Thank you Niko for the invitation. Minister Skrekas, thank you for coming out early this morning. Elias, it’s good to see you. And Katerina, congratulations. I agree with the vast majority of what you said so I’m going to keep my remarks very brief. I want to start, though, ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Athens | 4 April, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, Former U.S. Ambassadors, Speeches, U.S. & Greece | Tags: AMCHAM, Energy
Ambassador Pyatt: "The U.S.-Greece trade and investment relationship is a centerpiece of the bilateral alliance between our countries, and is included as a key pillar of the Strategic Dialogue process. When Secretary Blinken, Foreign Minister Dendias, and other members from both of our teams were together in Washington, D.C., at the Strategic Dialogue in October, ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Athens | 3 February, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches, U.S. & Greece | Tags: AMCHAM
Ambassador Pyatt: "I was very glad to hear the Prime Minister’s highlights at COP26 on Greece’s potential role as a hub for the transfer of clean energy, both electricity and hydrogen. Also his vision for Greece to take a leading role in decarbonization of the maritime sector. And then the Clean Islands Initiative which I ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Athens | 8 December, 2021 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches, U.S. & Greece | Tags: AMCHAM, Greek Economic Summit 2021
Ambassador Pyatt: "I want to underline that a stronger and more prosperous Greece is not just in America’s interests. Whether it’s redrawing the energy map of southeast Europe, diversifying energy sources and routes, or taking advantage of the Balkan market and transforming Greece into a key digital hub for this region, incentivizing the crucially needed ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Athens | 7 December, 2021 | Topics: Ambassador, Featured Event, Speeches, U.S. & Greece | Tags: #USGreece2021, #USGreeceStrategicDialogue2021, AMCHAM
Remarks at the Annual Thanksgiving Dinner hosted by the Propeller Club and the Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce November 24, 2021 Let me start by thanking my friends, both Nikos and Costis for those incredibly generous and gracious remarks. But I also want to assure everybody that after having done five of these AmCham-Propeller Club Thanksgiving ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Athens | 25 November, 2021 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches, U.S. & Greece | Tags: AMCHAM, Propeller Club, Thanksgiving Dinner
Ambassador Pyatt: "I’d like to start with that point, that President Biden is strongly committed to our work with Greece to help ensure that both our countries enjoy a sustainable economic growth trajectory as we begin to climb our way out of the global pandemic and all of the disruption that that has caused. The ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Athens | 20 July, 2021 | Topics: Ambassador, Human Rights, Speeches | Tags: AMCHAM, Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, LGBTQ+
Ambassador Pyatt: "A stronger and more secure Greece is not just in America’s interests. Our work together deepens important regional relationships and strengthens the NATO Alliance. Over the past five years, I have been proud to be part of a dramatic expansion of U.S.-Greece defense ties that has made this one of the strongest aspects ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Athens | 15 July, 2021 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches, U.S. & Greece | Tags: AMCHAM, DEFEA21
Ambassador Pyatt: "So this is, as Heidi said, a moment of extraordinary accomplishment in the U.S.-Greece defense relationship, but I want to be very clear that we are not resting on our laurels. We are continuing to move forward. We have the General Atomics MQ-9s which are exhibited today, a system that we’re discussing with ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Athens | 13 July, 2021 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches, U.S. & Greece | Tags: AMCHAM, DEFEA21
Ambassador Pyatt: "We have a very strong alignment of interests and a team in Washington that shares my enthusiasm for what the US and Greece can do together. We need to capitalize on this opportunity & accelerate our work moving forward."
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By U.S. Embassy in Athens | 3 June, 2021 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches, U.S. & Greece | Tags: AMCHAM
Ambassador Pyatt: "I remain a true believer in the value of the US-Greece relationship. Our growing collaboration in the digital sector & our investments in energy & infrastructure are creating more opportunities & jobs, ensuring greater security, stability, & prosperity in the EastMed."
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By U.S. Embassy in Athens | 1 December, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches, U.S. & Greece | Tags: AMCHAM, Greek Economic Summit 2020
Ambassador Pyatt: "So our engagement with Greece is founded on the principle that Greece is indeed a pillar of stability, a reliable NATO ally that shares our values, with deep ties to the United States. Also a strategy which believes that a stronger and more secure Greece actually serves America’s interests, which is what has ...
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By U.S. Consulate in Thessaloniki | 17 July, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches, U.S. & Greece | Tags: AMCHAM
Ambassador Pyatt: "So I think Greece can be very confident of the quality of the relationship with the United States today, and the breadth of the relationship. It’s a relationship which goes beyond politics."
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By U.S. Embassy in Athens | 16 June, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches, U.S. & Greece | Tags: AMCHAM, ATHEX Greek Investment Forum
Ambassador Pyatt: Like all of you, I’m working from home these days. We’re respecting the government’s restrictive measures. But I wanted to take the opportunity to offer a public message as we come into the Easter week.
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By U.S. Consulate in Thessaloniki | 14 April, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches, Video | Tags: AMCHAM, COVID-19
Thanksgiving is a family holiday, and we consider all of you to be our Greek family. I look forward to continuing to work on our relationships in 2020, and to do all that I can to cement the gains we’ve made and to chart an ambitious course for the future.
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By U.S. Embassy in Athens | 26 November, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches | Tags: AMCHAM, Thanksgiving Reception
Ambassador Pyatt: "So my message today: first, we recognize that Greece is moving forward and has changed a lot over the past four months. And second, the American market is open to Greek exports, and our Embassy stands ready to assist Greek companies in expanding to the United States."
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By U.S. Embassy in Athens | 4 November, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches, U.S. & Greece | Tags: 4th Export USA Forum, AMCHAM
2018 is America’s year in Greece, and in northern Greece in particular. We are confident this will be the year Greece fully recovers from nearly a decade of economic crisis.
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By U.S. Embassy in Athens | 2 February, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches, U.S. & Greece | Tags: AMCHAM
This partnership is a reminder that our cooperation is not just about deals in the U.S. or in Greece but about global competitiveness and how our companies together can drive growth and achieve commercial success.
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By U.S. Embassy in Athens | 4 December, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, News, Speeches, U.S. & Greece | Tags: AMCHAM, Economic Conference
January 30, 2017, 7:30 PM InterContinental Hotel, Athens, Greece As delivered Thank you Simos, καλησπέρα σας! Let me begin by saying what an enormous pleasure it is for me to be with everybody here tonight. When I first arrived in Athens, about four months ago, I made the point to Simos and to the team ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Athens | 30 January, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Commercial Affairs, Speeches | Tags: AMCHAM
