Turkey's US ambassador congratulated President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on their inauguration Wednesday.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that Serdar Kilic made a post on his Twitter account.

"Congratulations to President Biden and Vice President Harris on the assumption of their duties," Serdar Kilic said on Twitter. "I hope this new administration will show the wisdom to strengthen relations with US’s long term allies while building new alliances [sic], to better serve regional and int. peace and security."

Biden and Harris took the oaths of office in a heavily-guarded but sparsely attended ceremony at the US Capitol.