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The US State Department condemned on Tuesday the recently signed maritime deal between Libya and Turkey as "counterproductive and provocative". Replying to a question by the Athens-Macedonia News Agency (AMNA), a State Department spokesman said that Turkish claims are...

JOINT STATEMENT The Governments of the United States and Greece held the second United States-Greece Strategic Dialogue in Athens, Greece, on October 7, 2019. Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias and US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo together launched...

The new Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will go to Washington DC on Wednesday to meet with his counterpart in the US State Department Mike Pompeo and other senior American officials. The visit was not originally on the official schedule,...

Reinforcing strategic cooperation with Greece and the Republic of Cyprus is "in the interest of the United States," said Yuri Kim, the US State Department official for Greece, Cyprus and Turkey, in Washington DC on Tuesday. Speaking at the 35th Session...

Speaking at NATO’s ''North Atlantic Council Mediterranean Dialogue Meeting'' held in Ankara on Monday, President Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey expects NATO to support its rights in the Eastern Mediterranean. Erdogan's remarks came only a few hours after a strong...

US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Palmer sent a strong message to foreign investors, saying that, after the ratification of the Prespa Agreement, Greece has become the most attractive investment destination in the western Balkans. At a Wednesday press...

A U.S. State Department report drafted last August but released in early January of 2019 states that Greece is "a pillar of stability in a complicated region." The State Department's "Integrated Country Strategy" (ICS) for Greece recognizes the country’s position...

United States Department of State Building in Washington, D.C. File photo The US State Department described the recent Russian claim that the United States plans to militarize the island of Cyprus as "absurd", answering to Greek correspondents in Washington on...

The new six-day furlough granted to the convicted member of November 17 terrorist group Dimitris Koufontinas was strongly criticized by the U.S. State Department. In a statement, State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said that "we strongly condemn the latest release...

The recent killing of Konstantinos Katsifas by Albanian police forces has added to the existing friction between the two neighbors. The shooting death of Katsifas led to claims by Omonoia, an organization representing the Greek minority of Albania, that...