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President Joe Biden speaks during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool) 1/21/2021 The National Herald
ATHENS - After Greece said relations with the United States with former President Donald Trump had become stronger despite his friendship with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, hopes are it will get even better with President Joe Biden.
The US State Department and US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt during the Trump Administration repeated ad infinitum Greece was a “pillar of stability” in the region, renewed a military cooperation deal and held a US-Greece Strategic Dialogue.
21 January 2021 9:09am
Greece’s President Katerina Sakellaropoulou expressed her certainty that Greek-US relations will become even stronger during the tenure of US President Joe Biden, during her speech at a special event organized by the US Embassy, held in Athens on Wednesday.
The event has held in the context of the “Greece-US: Celebrating 200 Years of Friendship” campaign, and Sakellaropoulou was invited by US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt at the ancient Athenian Agora to mark the Wednesday inauguration ceremony of the Biden administration in Washington DC.
“Today is an important day, not just for the United States of America, but for the entire world. I am very glad that we are at the ancient market of Athens, the place with the highest symbolic value for democracy. I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to President Biden and Vice President Harris, and I am confident that the friendship and cooperation between the two countries will become even stro
Navalny arrested in Russia as Biden nominates Victoria Nuland for top State Department position
On Sunday, the US- and European Union (EU)-backed opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Alexei Navalny, was arrested at a Moscow airport upon his return from Berlin. On Monday, it was announced that he would have to serve a 30-day jail sentence.
Navalny had spent the previous five months in Germany, where he was flown after he had fallen ill on a plane. The flight had been arranged with the direct involvement of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The Western media, with the German press taking the lead, launched a massive propaganda campaign, claiming that Navalny had been poisoned with Novichok, a deadly nerve agent. The poisoning of Navalny with Novichok was, however, never proven, and the charge was based primarily on the claims of a laboratory affiliated with the German army (Bundeswehr).
Flashpoints in U.S.-Turkey Relations in 2021 Getty/AFP/Bakr Alkasem
Turkish soldiers patrol the northern Syrian Kurdish town of Tel Abyad, on the border between Syria and Turkey, on October 23, 2019.
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Introduction and summary
Relations between Turkey and its Western allies in the United States and Europe have been on a steady downward trajectory for some eight years. While Presidents Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan established a measure of rapport, their highly personalized dealings only papered over the structural differences undermining the relationship. With President Joe Biden unlikely to continue Trump’s laissez-faire approach, several of these simmering disagreements could bubble over in 2021 and lead to a deeper rupture in relations. Beyond the change of tone and approach from a new U.S. administration, several key strategic and energy decisions could determine Turkey’s direction for years to come.
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