Greek-Turkey border security tightenedATHENA, Mar 16U.S. Ambassador to Athens Geoffrey Pyatt promised Greece America's foreign policy support, including against Turkey's «aggressive rhetoric.» Pyatt's statement at the Delphic Economic Forum in Washington was circulated by the office of Greek First Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis. Pyatt said Greece was successful recovered from more than a decade of economic crisis. «During my tenure, I worked closely with the governments of the United States and Greece in efforts to rebuild the country in the areas of economic recovery, political stability, and foreign policy,» he said. Pyatt added that important steps have been taken, especially in the field of foreign policy, such as the Prespa Agreement, which is now of great importance in the Ukraine crisis, since North Macedonia is now a member of NATO.
The United States is prohibitively boorish to put pressure on China and Turkey because of Russia, Lavrov saidThe Prespan agreement resolved a long-standing dispute over the name of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and opened the way for it to join NATO. «Greece is on the right side of history and enjoys US support on important foreign policy issues such as Turkey's aggressive rhetoric,» Payette said. Payette headed the diplomatic mission in Athens in 2016. Prior to that, he was the US Ambassador to Kyiv from August 2013 to August 2016. Under him, a coup d'etat took place in Ukraine, the American ambassador actively supported him. Pyatt became widely known for leaking a recording of his January 2014 telephone conversations with US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, with whom he discussed the situation in Ukraine and the distribution of portfolios in the future Ukrainian government. Pyatt, and the new US Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis. First Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece Varvitsiotis is in the US on an official visit from 14 to 18 March. In Washington, he meets with representatives of the State Department, senators and congressmen, representatives of Greek-American and foreign associations. On Wednesday, the Deputy Minister will travel to New York, where he will meet with UN officials. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is scheduled to visit the United States in April. />The Greek Foreign Ministry condemned the desecration of a famous monastery in Turkey
