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Αthens will join a dialogue with Ankara sincerely, constructively, but also fully aware that Turkey is no longer the same country as it was in 2000, with the aspiration to join the European Union, and not even as in 2016, when exploratory talks were launched, Greece's Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias notes in an interview with Kathimerini.

Ahead of the imminent exploratory contacts with Ankara, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said in an interview with Kathimerini that Athens will have a constructive disposition, but stressed he is worried that Turkey is neither the country of the early 2000s that harbored European ambitions nor that which engaged in these talks in 2016.

The United States' next secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has been a close associate of President-elect Joe Biden for many years and is regarded as a foreign policy pro. He knows our region well as he has dealt with it as part of previous administrations.

The United States may not have shown enough sympathy for Turkey after the failed July 15 coup attempt, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken admitted on Nov. 1.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sept. 27 visited the Turkish parliament, which was bombed during the failed military coup of July 15.        

Blinken was accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to Turkey John Bass and Cemalettin Tuney, the head of the foreign affairs commission at Turkey's parliament.

BELGRADE - The relations with Serbia, the key country in the region, are very significant for the United States, US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a meeting with PM Aleksandar Vucic in New York Friday.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will meet on Friday with Deputy U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who is on a working visit to Sofia.

Cooperation in defense, counter-terrorism, energy security, rule of law, education and bilateral relations are on the agenda of the meeting, the government press office announced.

The U.S. will encourage the EU to open chapters in Serbia's accession talks, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.

He on Thursday in Washington received Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.