Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias departed for the United States on Tuesday, where he is to have a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday focusing on bilateral, regional and international affairs.

The State Department calls for the immediate reopening of the Theological School of Halki, according to the State Department’s annual report on religious freedoms in the world for 2018.

In a message to Greeks on the occasion of the country's March 25 national holiday, which marks the start of the 1821 Greek revolution against Ottoman rule, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday issued a message noting the strategic nature of US-Greek relations.