Georgios Katrougalos

US Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan has spoken with Greek Foreign Minister George Katrougalos to congratulate him on his recent appointment and to commend the Greek Parliament's ratification of the Prespes accord and the NATO accession protocol for the Republic of North Macedonia.

British Ambassador to Athens Kate Smith on Tuesday hailed a letter sent earlier in the day by Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos to his UK counterpart, Jeremy Hunt, vowing to safeguard the rights of Britons living in Greece after Brexit.

The new members of the cabinet, announced last Friday, are to be sworn in during a ceremony at 6.30 p.m. on Monday during a ceremony at the presidential mansion to be attended by President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras carried out a light reshuffle on Friday, as had been long expected, promoting Giorgos Katrougalos to foreign minister and bringing in officials who had served under former socialist premier George Papandreou as deputy ministers, amid mounting speculation of likely snap polls in May. 

US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt congratulated Giorgos Katrougalos on Friday for his appointment as foreign minister, following a mini cabinet reshuffle earlier in the day.

"Warmest congratulations to George Katrougalos on his newly elevated role as Foreign Minister of Greece," he said in a tweet.

Greek lawmakers began debating changes to the country's constitution on Tuesday, with party rapporteurs making their opening statements.

Speaking on behalf of SYRIZA, Alternate Foreign Minister George Katrougalos urged all parties to act "responsibly" in order to achieve a wide consensus.

Greece will send a diplomatic notification Monday informing the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) of its ratification of the Prespes Agreement and FYROM's NATO Accession Protocol, Alternate Foreign Minister George Katrougalos said Sunday.

Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday visited an Istanbul seminary shut down in 1971, becoming the first serving Greek prime minister to do so.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday visited the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.

Greece has called for "political dialogue" to end the crisis in Venezuela where opposition leader Juan Guaido has declared himself the country's president after mass protests against Nicolas Maduro.