Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias met with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Tuesday, during his presence at Ramstein Air Base, in the framework of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting. As the Greek minister said on Twitter, “We discussed the further deepening of the Strategic Defence Relationship between Greece and the US”.

Συναντήθηκα σήμερα στο #Ramstein, στο περιθώριο της Υπουργικής Συνάντησης της Ομάδας Επαφής για την Ουκρανία, με τον Αμερικανό @SecDef Lloyd Austin. Συζητήσαμε για την περαιτέρω εμβάθυνση της Στρατηγικής Αμυντικής Σχέσης Ελλάδος και ΗΠΑ. pic.twitter.com/TfruU52HrD

— Nikos Dendias (@NikosDendias) September 19, 2023

“I met today in #Ramstein, on the sidelines of the Ministerial Meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine, with US @SecDef Lloyd Austin. We discussed further deepening the Strategic Defense Relationship between Greece and the US.”

At the same time, Dendias reaffirmed, among other things, Greece’s consistent and unwavering stance in support of Ukraine and its territorial integrity against the Russian invasion.

I participated in the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, organised on the initiative of the US @SecDef Lloyd Austin, at #Ramstein Air Base.

I confirmed, once more, Greece’s firm and consistent position to support Ukraine and its territorial integrity, against the Russian invasion.… pic.twitter.com/kSldlcsvDE

— Nikos Dendias (@NikosDendias) September 19, 2023

In another post, Dendias said: “The invasion is in flagrant violation of international law and endangers the security and stability of Europe.”

“I also referred”, he underlines, “to our country’s humanitarian and defence assistance to Ukraine and stressed that Greece will remain at the side of the Ukrainian people, providing all possible assistance for as long as it is needed.”