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Bob Menendez, US Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sharply criticized Turkey on its stance towards NATO enlargement, its relations with Greece and Cyprus, and its human rights record, saying it does not "deserve" to acquire new fighter jets from the United States.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Friday.

WASHINGTON - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said his discussions in Washington ahead of Thursday's National Prayer Breakfast had been successful for Serbia and that the US State Department had once again confirmed Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's actions were correct.

Dacic said Serbia was protecting its state and national interests without jeopardising its own future.

WASHINGTON - US State Secretary Antony Blinken spoke with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday, thanking him for his constructive engagement on a European proposal for normalisation of Belgrade-Pristina relations, the US Department of State said.

The parties agreed that regional stability is crucial for Serbia's European future, State Department spokesman Ned Price said.

The visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Athens on February 21 will take place in a strictly bilateral framework, despite initial suggestions from Athens for a resumption at a ministerial level of the 3+1 format (Greece, Cyprus, Israel plus the US).

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said tensions with China had eased, but expressed concern about Beijing's intentions on Taiwan.

The Biden administration said Thursday it's time for Turkey to ratify Finland and Sweden's applications to join NATO, bluntly saying that holdout members of the alliance should quickly approve their memberships.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken thanked his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu for Türkiye's support to Ukraine's sovereignty, along with its efforts to continue export of Ukrainian grain to the world markets, the U.S. ambassador said on Jan. 19.

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Greece in the last week of February according to a report in Hellas Journal website on Saturday, quoting diplomatic sources in Washington.

According to the report, Blinken's visit is set for February 20-21 and the American secretary of state will take part in the Greece-US strategic dialogue.

China is the "biggest" strategic challenge for the US and Japan, both sides said.

The assessment was made during a joint press conference after the 2+2 security talks held in the American capital, Washington, between the American and Japanese ministers of foreign affairs and defense, Anadolu Agency reported.