Greek protesters clash with police during Pompeo visit
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More than 5,000 demonstrators marched to the US Embassy in the Greek capital, Athens, on Saturday in protest against the visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

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The demonstration was organised by the Greece labour union (Photos: CGTN)

Police briefly scuffled with some protesters who threw red paint at a statue of US President Harry S. Truman.

Individuals participating in the protest, organised by the Greece labour union, burned a US and NATO flag outside the embassy and chanted slogans before leaving.

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President Truman backed the Greek government during the country's 1946-9 Civil War against communist ex-partisans.

During his visit to Greece, Pompeo and Greece's foreign minister signed a revised defence cooperation pact, which US officials described as critical to responding to new security challenges in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

The deal provides for increasing joint US-Greece and NATO activity at Larissa, Stefanovikio, and Alexandroupoli as well as infrastructure and other improvements at Souda Bay naval base.

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Greece and the United States have signed an amendment of the Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement.

Protesters expressed opposition to the presence of US bases in Greece.