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State Department: We call on Turkey's government to maintain Hagia Sophia as a UNESCO World Heritage site
"The Hagia Sophia holds enormous spiritual and cultural significance to billions of believers of different faiths around the world," Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback posted on Twitter on Friday.
US State Dept's Francis Fannon at trilateral East Med discussion: Islands have EEZ, continental shelf; provocations must stop
The United States has "been very consistent in calling to stop all provocative actions that could undermine investment confidence in the East Mediterranean region" and affect political stability, US State Department Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Energy Resources Francis Fannon said on Tuesday, speaking at a virtual roundtable discussion "East Med and the trilateral partnership (Greece, Cyprus, Israel) and its role in regional energy security and economic cooperation in the age of Covid-19 and beyond".
State Dept official Matthew Palmer: US working consistently on reducing Greek-Turkish tensions
The United States is working consistently to reduce tensions in Greek-Turkish relations, US Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Palmer said on Wednesday.