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After the visit to Turkey, Anthony Blinken is heading to Athens this afternoon (20/02). Having seen the scale of the devastation, the head of American diplomacy announced on Sunday (19/02) that Washington will provide long-term aid to Turkey.

The visit of Nikos Dendias to the earthquake-stricken regions of Turkey resounded around the world, just a few days after the deadly earthquake that cost countless lives and turned entire cities into ruins.

Obvious shades of 1999’s “earthquake diplomacy” emerged on Sunday with a lightning visit by Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias to devastated Hatay province in southern Turkey, with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu greeting him at Adana airport and accompanying him to quake-ravaged Antakya.