WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Iceland, Greece and Portugal next week to discuss economic and security cooperation and other issues, the State Department said in a statement on Thursday.

Rubio will begin his October 5-8 trip with talks in Reykjavik with Icelandic officials on β€œeconomic and security collaboration,” the statement said.

In Athens, it said, Rubio said will lead the US delegation for the sixth session of the US-Greece Strategic Dialogue, a high-level diplomatic forum on deepening cooperation on defense, energy, regional security and other areas.

Rubio then flies to Lisbon for talks with Portuguese officials β€œto advance defense, economic and technology cooperation,” the statement said.

(Reporting by Simon Lewis and Jonathan Landay, Editing by Franklin Paul)


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