TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 20-917.2 

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DEFENSE 

Cooperation 

Agreement Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and GREECE 

Extending Agreement of July 8, 1990, 

as amended and extended 

Effected by Exchange of Notes at Athens 

July 15 and September 17, 2020 

Entered in force September 17, 2020 
NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

Pursuant to Public Law 89—497, approved July 8, 1966 

(80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)— 

“. . .the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued 

under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent 

 evidence . . . of the treaties, international agreements other than 

treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and 

international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, 

therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime 

jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the 

United States, and of the several States, without any further proof 

or authentication thereof.” 
No. 149/POL/20 

The Embassy of the United States of America presents its 

compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic and 

has the honor to refer to the Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement 

between the Government of the United States of America and the 

Government of the Hellenic Republic, signed at Athens July 8, 1990, and 

entered into force November 6, 1990, as extended (the "Agreement"). 

Article XII of the Agreement provides that the Agreement shall 

remain in force for a term of eight years, which period expired November 6, 

1998. Article XII also provides that the Governments of the United States of 

America and the Hellenic Republic may agree to extend the validity of the 

Agreement for one year through an exchange of notes six months prior to the 

end of the initial term of the Agreement and, if they so agree, each 

subsequent year. The Governments have extended the validity of the 

Agreement annually each subsequent year since 1998, most recently through 

an exchange of notes on June 21, 2019, and August 7, 2019, between the 

Embassy of the United States of America and the Ministry of Foreign 

DIPLOMATIC NOTE 
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Affairs of the Hellenic Republic, which extended the validity of the 

Agreement for a period of one year, which period now expires November 6, 

2020. 

The Embassy has the honor to propose on behalf of the Government 

of the United States that the validity of the Mutual Defense Cooperation 

Agreement be extended for one year from November 6, 2020 to November 

6, 2021. 

If the Government of the Hellenic Republic accepts this proposal, the 

Embassy has the further honor to propose that this note and the Ministry's 

affirmative note in reply shall constitute an agreement between the two 

Governments, which shall enter into force on the date of the Ministry's 

reply. 
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The Embassy avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Ministry 

of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic the assurances of its highest 

consideration. 

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Embassy of the United States of America, 

Athens, July 15, 2020. 
HELLENIC REPUBLIC 

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 

A7 DEPARTMENT 

FOR NORTH AMERICA 

Ref. No. 432/44204 

VERBAL NOTE 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic presents its 

compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the 

honour to refer to the Embassy's note No. 149/POL/20 dated July 15, 2020, 

which states the following: 

« The Embassy of the United States of America presents its 

compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic and 

has the honor to refer to the Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement between 

the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 

Hellenic Republic, signed at Athens July 8, 1990, and entered into force 

November 6, 1990, as extended (the "Agreement'). 

Article XII of the Agreement provides that the Agreement shall remain 

in force for a term of eight years, which period expired November 6, 1998. 

Article XII also provides that the Governments of the United States of America 

and the Hellenic Republic may agree to extend the validity of the Agreement 

for one year through an exchange of notes six months prior to the end of the 

initial term of the Agreement and, if they so agree, each subsequent year. The 

Governments have extended the validity of the Agreement annually each 

subsequent year since 1998, most recently through an exchange of notes on 

June 21, 2019, and August 7, 2019, between the Embassy of the United 

States of America and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic, 

which extended the validity of the Agreement for a period of one year, which 

period now expires November 6, 2020. 

The Embassy has the honor to propose on behalf of the Government of 

the United States that the validity of the Mutual Defense Cooperation 

Agreement be extended for one year from November 6, 2020 to November 6, 

2021. 

If the Government of the Hellenic Republic accepts this proposal, the 

Embassy has the further honor to propose that this note and the Ministry's 

affirmative note in reply shall constitute an agreement between the two 

Governments, which shall enter into force on the date of the Ministry's reply. 

The Embassy avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Ministry of 

Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic the assurances of its highest 

consideration.» 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic has the further 

honor to confirm that the proposal in the Embassy's note is acceptable to the 

Government of the Hellenic Republic. Accordingly, the Embassy's note and 

the Ministry's note shall constitute an agreement between the two 

Governments, which shall enter into force on the date of the Ministry's note. 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic avails itself of 

this opportunit~ to ~enew to th~ Em. ~9.s. ~.· .. =-. -~fJJ .. ~ U. nited States of America the 

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To: the Embassy of the United States of America 

In Town