Heather Nauert

Following the resignation of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, reports indicate that U.S. President Donald Trump will nominate State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert as her replacement.

The US State Department has hailed the Statement of Intent to strengthen and develop the bilateral security relationship between Washington and Nicosia, signed on Tuesday by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Cyprus Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides.

The US State Department condemned the six-day furlough granted to convicted November 17 terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas last Sunday.

"We strongly condemn the latest release on furlough of N17 terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas, convicted of multiple murders including US Mission personnel in Greece," State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a statement on Monday.

The US State Department said it welcomed the results of a referendum in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to change the country's name.

The United States expressed its support on Wednesday for a recent decision by Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios to grant autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

The US State Department has condemned the new prison leave granted by Greek authorities to convicted November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas, describing it as an injustice for his victims and an incentive for violent anarchists.

The US State Department has welcomed the return of the two Greek soldiers to Greece after five months' imprisonment in Turkey, congratulating the Greek people and the foreign ministry.

Beta agency is reporting this, citing AFP.

"These regions on part of Georgia. They are not part of Russia and the United States continues to support Georgia's sovereignty, its independence and also its territorial integrity within the internationally recognized borders," said US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert.

Washington and Ankara have both slammed a decision by Greek authorities to move convicted November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas from high-security Korydallos Prison in Athens to an agricultural jail in the town of Volos, central Greece.

The US State Department has condemned "in the strongest terms" the transfer of convicted November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas from Attica's high-security Korydallos Prison to an agricultural jail in Volos, central Greece.