US senator Menendez criticizes Turkey under Erdogan


              US Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee speaks after he was awarded with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou at the Presidential Palace in Athens, Friday Aug. 27, 2021.  Menendez on his two-day trip in Greece, discussed with top Greek officials the strategic relationship between Greece and the US as well as developments in the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
            
              Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, right, listens US Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after she awarded him with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer at the Presidential Palace in Athens, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. Menendez on his two-day trip in Greece, discussed with top Greek officials the strategic relationship between Greece and the US as well as developments in the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
            
              Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, right, applauds US Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after she awarded him with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer at the Presidential Palace in Athens, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. Menendez on his two-day trip in Greece, discussed with top Greek officials the strategic relationship between Greece and the US as well as developments in the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
            
              US Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee speaks after he awarded with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou at the Presidential Palace in Athens, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. Menendez on his two-day trip in Greece, discussed with top Greek officials the strategic relationship between Greece and the US as well as developments in the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)