Greece in NATO: 60th Anniversary

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Greece in NATO: 60th Anniversary

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen carried out a visit to Greece to attend a special event held, yesterday, to mark the 60th anniversary of Greece’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, organised by the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP).

Addressing the event, Rasmussen noted that "sixty years after it joined NATO, the North Atlantic Alliance continues to offer Greece a unique framework for that kind of close international cooperation. And this will ultimately help your economy too. Because by working with your Allies in NATO, Greece can strengthen the security that is a precondition for its long-term economic revival."

"Looking to the future, we all agree that new strategies need to be developed soon; strategies that with enable NATO to meet the unprecedented challenges of the 21st century. As an active member of the Alliance over the past 60 years, Greece is determined to remain on the front line in the process of shaping these new strategies," Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas said, in his address to the same event.

Earlier, Rasmussen had been received by Hellenic Republic President Karolos Papoulias and Prime Minister Lucas Papademos.

He also held separate meetings with Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas and Defence Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, with whom he discussed preparations for the Chicago Summit planned for May 2012.

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