Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the Turkish people “have not, and will not give in to those trying to confine us to shallow waters.”
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Turkey’s foreign minister hopes to make progress on improving Ankara’s rocky ties with the European Union on Thursday as he attends a meeting of EU ministers in Brussels for the first time in five years, a source from his ministry said.
Foreign Ministers George Gerapetritis raised the issue, among others, of Ankara’s reactions to the investigations conducted by the special Italian-flagged ship Ievoli Relume south of Kasos for the electrical interconnection project between Greece and Cyprus during a bilateral meeting on Thursday in Brussels with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and the informal working lunch of EU foreign ministers.
Turkey is among the five most powerful countries operating on the African continent. It is present in regional crises, developing the role of mediator, currently between Ethiopia and Somalia. It sells defense equipment, with an emphasis on drones, and has established military and naval bases.
In comments shortly before the end of his term as the American ambassador to Turkey, Jeff Flake confirmed the United States’ desire for a solid relationship between the two countries that serves their common interests.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Giorgos Gerapetritis highlighted the positive agenda in GreekßTurkish relations during a speech at the informal working lunch with his European Union counterparts and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
Is there an effort afoot to revive the F-35 deal with Turkey? The issue popped up in a report in the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet, and has raised questions about whether this is being seriously considered – despite the issue of the Russian S-400s remaining unresolved – or if it is wishful thinking on the part of Ankara.
The Cyprus problem and Euro-Turkish and Greek-Turkish relations will be among the issues to be discussed in the meeting on Thursday in Brussels that Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis will have with Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Brussels, on the sidelines of the informal meeting of European Union foreign ministers, according to Greek diplomatic sources.
Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis will meet with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, in Brussels on Thursday, as announced on Wednesday.
A joint US-Turkey naval exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean, which was never announced by Ankara, and the statements of outgoing US Ambassador Jeff Flake published by Politico, who stressed that Turkey in times of turmoil is even more important, are seen as signs of cooperation and re-engagement between the two countries.
Police in Turkey have arrested four people in relation to the desecration of Greek community cemetery in Istanbul last week.
Endy Zemenides, the executive director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, joins Thanos Davelis to break down how the roadblocks Turkey is putting up with regard to NATO’s largest air exercise set to take place in Greece are not only putting the exercise at risk, but also the alliance itself, and should serve as a wake up call for NATO members.
The Greek Foreign Ministry condemned on Saturday the desecration of the Greek Orthodox Cemetery of Agios Eleftherios in Istanbul, calling on the Turkish authorities to take appropriate action against this heinous act.
The trustees of a Greek Orthodox cemetery in Istanbul have described an attack on it by vandals as an attack “not only on a cemetery, but also on a deep-rooted cultural heritage and religion.”
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will attend a meeting of European Union ministers in Brussels next week that Ankara hopes will pave the way for improved ties with the bloc, the ministry’s spokesperson said on Thursday.
News reports state that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will visit Turkey on September 4 and meet with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which is seen as another sign of Ankara’s rapprochement with Cairo.
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