Foreign Secretary, Nikos Dendiashe has a fever due to a cold and will not be attending a dinner hosted by the prime minister, Kyriakos MitsotakisUS Secretary of State Anthony Blinkenfor precautionary reasons.

All of the tests that Mr. Dendias has taken have come back negative, and his meeting with Mr. Blinken on Tuesday, February 21 will proceed as usual, as will the rest of the announced program in the context of the fourth round of the Greek-American Strategic Dialogue.

It is noted that the head of American diplomacy arrived about 10 minutes before the scheduled meeting with the Prime Minister at the Maximos Palace.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis welcomed the US official to start the meeting between them with a busy agenda.

Blinken’s message

“Good evening Greece,” the US Secretary of State wrote on his personal Twitter account immediately after his arrival in Athens. Anthony Blinken. In his own post, the head of American diplomacy noted that this was his first visit as foreign minister to the “homeland of the republic.”

Kalispera Greece! This is my first visit to the home of democracy as Secretary of State. Together, the United States and Greece are advancing our common goals of peace and prosperity in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Western Balkans, the Black Sea region, and beyond. pic.twitter.com/wr7dF99q3C

— Secretary Anthony Blinken (@SecBlinken) February 20, 2023

At the same time, he announced: “Together, the United States and Greece are advancing our common goals of peace and prosperity in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Western Balkans, the Black Sea region, and beyond.”