A Greece-United States Action Plan for culture was signed on Tuesday by Culture Minister Lina Mendoni and visiting US State Department Secretary Antony Blinken, prior to the latter's departure from Athens.
Greece is one of the first few countries to extend its support to Türkiye after the fatal earthquakes by sending rescue teams and humanitarian aid, Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu told Greek journalists, it was reported on Saturday.
The shipment of the new humanitarian aid, which includes four containers carrying 50 tons of basic necessities requested by the Turkish authorities as a matter of priority, is underway, as indicated in a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with a bipartisan delegation of the United States Congress on Friday, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference (MSC).
Three Greek citizens, who for the last few days were volunteering in the earthquake-affected town of Armutlu in southeastern Turkey, were apprehended by the Turkish Anti-Terrorism Service.
National elections will be held in the spring, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated in an interview to national broadcaster ERT on Thursday evening, adding that he does not wish to prolong the current toxic campaign period.
