Diplomacy

In order to get their hands on confidential research into a novel coronavirus vaccination, his operatives would have tried to recruit Russian diplomats, Iranian army officers and Chinese doctors, by going to hockey games in Moscow, diplomatic dinners in Tehran and medical conferences in Beijing.

The Foreign Ministry released on Friday the second and final part of the video of foreign envoys in the country reciting Greek literature.

Nicholas Burns, an old friend of Greece and well known in the country having served as US ambassador in Athens between 1997 and 2001, is now professor of practice of diplomacy and international relations at the Harvard Kennedy School and an adviser to Joe Biden's campaign for the White House.

Ambassadors and other diplomats from 18 countries have rallied in support of Greece's "Stay Home" campaign against the spread of coronavirus reciting Greek literature in a video posted on the Greek Foreign Ministry's Facebook account Thursday.

Turkey has postponed the forthcoming Antalya Diplomacy Forum 2020, amid growing concerns about coronavirus.

The country's Foreign Ministry, in a statement on March 6 morning, said the two-day event slated to be held in the Mediterranean resort city from March 27-29 had been delayed in line with the advice from the World Health Organization, among other relevant departments.

The Ankara prosecutor's office on March 5 sought life imprisonment for defendants accused of taking part in the assassination of a former Russian ambassador to Turkey in 2016, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Turkish foreign minister on Feb. 15 met with his counterparts from several countries at the Munich Security Conference.

In the past few months, Greece has demonstrated unprecedented diplomatic activity, and its efforts have not been limited to the tried and tested channels of communication with its old allies.

Greece's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday expressed its condolences to the people and government of Turkey after an avalanche slammed into a mountain in eastern Turkey killing 38 people, including the rescue crews who rushed to help those trapped.

Notwithstanding lingering tension in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean, Greece and Turkey plan to launch a new round of talks on confidence building measures, or CBMs.