; Whereas the address of the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to a joint session of Congress in May 2022 consolidated the strong ties between the 2 countries, based on shared values, as well as the importance of the Greek-American community for the United States; Whereas Greece participates in and actively promotes several schemes of regional partnership in the Eastern Mediterranean; Whereas the United States has demonstrated its support for the trilateral partnership of Greece, Israel, and Cyprus by enacting into law the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act of 2019, and through joint engagement with Greece, Israel, and Cyprus in the 3+1 format; Whereas this support was reiterated in the United States-Greece Defense and Interparliamentary Partnership Act, included in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, establishing a 3+1 Interparliamentary Group to discuss the expansion of cooperation in other areas of common concern; Whereas the United States and Greece’s commitment to security cooperation led to the conclusion of a Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement, which was updated in 2021, in order to enhance defense ties between the 2 countries and promote stability in the broader region; Whereas the ongoing United States-Greece Strategic Dialogue reflects Greece’s importance to the United States as a geostrategic partner, namely in the Eastern Mediterranean and Balkans and as an important NATO ally; Whereas the port of Alexandroupolis in northeast Greece has evolved into a key energy hub and strategic point, connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Balkans and Eastern Europe; Whereas the Governments and people of Greece and the United States are at the forefront of international efforts to advance freedom, democracy, rule of law, human rights, peace, and stability; Whereas those efforts and similar ideals have forged a close bond between the peoples of Greece and the United States