Posts tagged with "Pompeo"
Greek American Organizations hail U.S. decision to impose CAATSA sanctions on Turkey
December 14th, 202001208 New York.- (GreekNewsOnline, Reuters) The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of Russian ground-to-air defenses and targeted the top Turkish defense development body, its president and three employees. It’s the first time that the United States imposed sanctions designed by Congress to to...
Archbishop Elpidophoros met U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo
September 24th, 202001381 Washington, DC.- (GreekNewsOnline) Archbishop Elpidophoros of America was received on Thursday, September 24, by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Department of State. According to a statement by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, they discussed a number of issues important to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Greek-American...
Dendias, Stoltenberg discuss EastMed; Pompeo visits Greece
September 20th, 202001132 Athens.- (GreekNewsOnline, ANA-MPA) Greece intensifies diplomatic efforts ahead of next week’s EU Summit, hoping to get a stronger policy towards Turkey. Although no sanctions are expected to be imposed, Greece hopes for an improved statement. Foreign minister Nikos Dendias and NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg discussed...
State Department on the construction of CYCLOPS facility
September 12th, 202001456 New York.- By Apostolos Zoupaniotis In a statement issued on Saturday, following the signing of the MoU by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides, State Department spokesman announced the construction of a CYCLOPS training facility in Cyprus (Center for Land, Open-seas, and Port Security). The...
Members of Congress, Community Organizations, Laud Decision to Lift Outdated Arms Export Restrictions to Cyprus
September 1st, 202021934 New York. By Apostolos Zoupaniotis Friends of Cyprus in the U.S. Congress, along with Greek American and Jewish American organizations applauded the decision of Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo to waive the restrictions and allow the export of non-lethal defense articles and services to the Republic of Cyprus. The decision –...
AJC – HALC ask Pompeo to make it clear that the continued challenges to Greek and Cypriot sovereignty by Turkey are unacceptable to the U.S.
August 13th, 202001971 New York.- (GreekNewsOnline) “Turkey’s challenge to Greek sovereignty through the deployment of the survey ship Oruc Reis, along with an armed naval escort, is a clear and present danger that must be met with clarity from the United States”, state in a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the CEO of the American...
Prominent Members of Congress write to Secretary Pompeo asking him to demand from Turkey to stop provocations in East Med
August 13th, 202002111 New York. (GreekNewsOnline) On the eve of the meeting between the U.S. Secretary of State and the Greek Foreign Minister in Vienna, on August 14, at 4 pm local time, prominent members of the Senate and the House of Representatives wrote to Secretary Mike Pompeo and asked him to call on Turkey to withdraw survey ship Oruc Reis and the...
State Department Responds to AHEPA's Concerns on Turkish Provocations
August 12th, 202002337 Washington, DC.- (GreekNewsOnline) In an August 4 letter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Palmer, who responded at the request of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, to a July 22 letter sent by Supreme President George G. Horiates about Turkey's provocations in the Aegean conveyed the United...