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Secretary Rubio at the Opening Session of the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue, Oct. 7, 2026

October 7, 2026 · U.S. Department of State · 0:09:55

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What happened

Secretary of State Marco Rubio participated in the opening session of the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue in Athens on October 7, 2026 — the dialogue’s sixth round since its 2018 launch, per Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis, who welcomed the American delegation by saying the partnership “has never been stronger, deeper, or more consequential.”

Gerapetritis described cooperation grown to span defense, energy, infrastructure, digital technologies, law enforcement, and maritime affairs, and pointed to “the three agreements signed today” as tangible evidence. Greece, he said, remains “a reliable ally and an anchor of stability in the Eastern Mediterranean” at a moment of war in Ukraine, instability in the Middle East, and threats to maritime security in the Red Sea.

Why it matters

The Strategic Dialogue is the working machinery under the Athens pageantry of the same trip: a standing bilateral framework, in its sixth round, converting the partnership the Acropolis speech celebrated into signed agreements across defense, energy, and maritime security.

Sources: U.S. Department of State, “Secretary Rubio participates in the opening session of the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue” (official upload, embedded above; Athens, Greece). Remarks as delivered; transcript reviewed in the site’s private research store; full transcript at state.gov.