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The American Hellenic Institute (AHI), a nonprofit Greek-American public policy center and think tank, has urged Washington to end its "appeasement" policy toward Turkey, while reiterating a call upon Congress to sanction Ankara over its military incursion into northeast Syria. 

Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov, his deputy Ivan Geshev, as well as the heads of the SANS Dimitar Georgiev, the National Intelligence Service Atanas Atanasov and the Military Information Service Velko Atanasov were also admitted to the White House.

Following talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, US Vice President Mike Pence said Washington and Ankara have agreed to a ceasefire in Turkey's assault northeast Syria.

The two sides have agreed on US support for the withdrawal of Kurdish formations.

Greece needs to be cautious and not jump to any hasty conclusions regarding Washington's announcement that Turkey has agreed to a five-day ceasefire in northern Syria to allow the withdrawal of Kurdish troops, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Thursday night.

As of today, the United States is introducing duties on a number of European Union goods - from 10% to 25%, affecting goods and services totaling $ 7.5 billion.

Washington has received the green light for action after the World Trade Organization approved penalties against European countries that violated trade rules in subsidizing airline giant Airbus.

International Monetary Fund Director Kristalina Georgieva commented on China-US trade mini-deal. She said a reconciliation between the two countries was not enough and that a trade peace was needed, BGNES reported.

"It's really good news that the US and China are talking to each other, but it's not enough."

A cross-party bill submitted to US Congress seeks to link Turkey's activities in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean to sanctions imposed by Washington earlier this week over Ankara's offensive in Syria, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA) reported on Thursday.

Turkey's alternatives to US F-35 fighter jets are available and "offers are coming in", President Recep Erdogan said, quoted by BGNES.

Ankara and Washington clashed over Turkey's acquisition of Russia's C-400 missile systems, which the US says are not compatible with NATO defense and pose a threat to Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 stealth jets.

The USA's new ambassador to Bulgaria, Herro Mustafa, and her family have arrived in Bulgaria.

Earlier today, the diplomat was sworn in at a special ceremony at the Washington State Department.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met with U.S. National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien in Ankara on Oct. 16, as Washington sought to convince Ankara to agree to a ceasefire with the YPG in Syria.