Washington/Athens: The United States has decided to boost military cooperation with Greece. Under the collaboration, the United States will increase the number of its military bases in Greece. Greece is also preparing to buy four new destroyers from the United States. Besides, the United States is claimed to be strengthening the cooperation given the perceived threat from Turkey to Greece. However, with the increase in military bases in Greece, the United States is also apparently responding to Russia’s deployment in the Black Sea.

The United States has five military bases in Greece. These include naval bases at Souda and Crete islands as well as airbases at Stefanovikeio and Larissa. Among these, the US naval base at the Crete islands was a topic of discussions for the last few months. Also, the United States is preparing to boost military cooperation with Greece and is claimed to be setting up four more military bases in the country. Greece has offered 22 locations as options to the United States for this purpose.

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