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.
Ioannina Mayor Moisis Elisaf, Greece's first elected Jewish mayor, died on Friday afternoon from cancer. He was 68 years old.
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.
MUNICH (ANA/ S. Mourelatos) Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis intends to highlight Greece's role as a pillar of stability, peace and security in the region, a provider of energy security and as a reliable partner and ally in the new geopolitical landscape that is emerging after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, during his contacts at the 59th Munich Security Conference that begins here on Friday, government sources said.
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.
