The US Secretary of State arrives in Greece today, Anthony Blinkenwho will have a meeting in the afternoon with the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis (19:30), at the Maximos Palace.

Tomorrow, the American Secretary of State will inaugurate with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, the fourth round of the US-Greece Strategic Dialogue on February 21

Today, Mr. Blinken is located in Ankara where he will meet, among others, with the president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Anthony Blinken traveled to Turkey yesterday to show the United States’ support for its NATO ally and announced an additional $100 million in aid to those affected by the earthquake that has killed nearly 45,000 in the country and neighboring Syria.

“We are adding $100 million to come and help those who are in desperate need,” said the US Secretary of State.

Yesterday afternoon, Turkish authorities announced the end of the search except for two provinces where the chances of finding survivors remain slim: Kahramanmaras, where it was the epicenter, and Hatay, where the head of the US diplomatic mission was able to see the extent of the destruction.

The United States has since the day after the earthquake deployed several search and rescue teams to Turkey, about 200 people, and released an initial tranche of $85 million in humanitarian aid.

They also deployed Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters to transport supplies. The United Nations has appealed for international aid to raise one billion dollars for Turkey.