Gus Bilirakis
Hellenic Caucus leaders call on US president to commemorate 50th anniversary of Cyprus invasion
Members of the Congressional Hellenic Caucus sent a letter to US President John Biden on Thursday, urging him to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Turkey's invasion and ongoing occupation of Cyprus by inviting Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulidis to the White House.
US Representatives demand safeguards to prevent misuse of new F-16 jets by Turkey against Greece
Six members of the United States House of Representatives have written a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, urging him to ensure that the forthcoming F-16 jets Turkey is set to receive from America will not be employed in actions against Greece.
US Members of Congress oppose sale of F-16 to Turkey in letter to US Secretary of State Blinken
The initiative belongs to Representatives Chris Pappas, Gus Bilirakis, and Carolyn Maloney
US Senators, Congressmen call on Pompeo to press Turkey over East Med
Two US Senators and two members of Congress have urged US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to pressure Turkey into calling off its drilling plans in the eastern Mediterranean.
Congresspersons call on US and UNSC members to continue supporting peace efforts in Cyprus
The United States and the other members of the UN Security Council must continue to support peacemaking efforts in Cyprus, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Congressman Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Caucus stressed.
Mitsotakis to meet Trump in US visit starting Sunday
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will depart Athens on Sunday for an official four-day visit to the United States, where he will meet with US President Donald Trump, Senators and diaspora leaders.
According to his office, he will have the following meetings, in local time:
Sunday, January 5
Bilirakis introduces legislation to prohibit the deployment of US strategic assets in Turkey
Prompted by Turkey's increasingly reckless and destabilizing behavior under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as manifested in Ankara's Syria incursion and repeated violations inside Cyprus' exclusive economic zone (EEZ), US Congressman Gus Bilirakis has introduced legislation to prohibit the deployment of US strategic assets in Turkey.
Resolution introduced in US Congress to recognize Greek ‘Ochi’ Day
Greek-American congressmen and Hellenic Caucus members Chris Pappas, John Sarbanes and Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), introduced a resolution earlier this week calling for October 28 to be recognized as "Ochi" Day in the United States, in commemoration of Greece's entry into World War II in 1940 after refusing to surrender to the Axis forces.
US congressmen seek to link Turkey sanctions to violations in Aegean, East Med
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.
Is the US Congress coming through for Greece and Cyprus as it did in 1974?
Not since Turkey's aptly named "Operation Attila" - its 1974 invasion of Cyprus and its Srebrenica-style citizen executions and mass graves - have I seen a more just reaction from Capitol Hill. This time it's a reaction to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's acquisition of Russian S-400 missiles.