Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Recep Tayyip Erdogan “instructed their foreign ministers to examine whether conditions are suitable for discussions to begin on the delineation of the continental shelf and the exclusive economic zone,” Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said, following the two leaders’ meeting.
The Turkish Football Federation have condemned an armed attack on former Turkey and Fenerbahce striker turned TV pundit Serhat Akin in Istanbul on Thursday.
US prosecutors on Thursday charged New York City Mayor Eric Adams with accepting illegal campaign contributions and luxury travel from Turkish nationals seeking to influence him, capping an investigation that has sent the largest US city’s government into turmoil.
Greece sees a “window of opportunity” to demarcate maritime zones with Turkey, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly. However, he expressed pessimism about the prospects of resolving the division of Cyprus.
Turkish Defense Ministry sources have neither confirmed nor denied a recent report in Kathimerini that said Turkey and the US are planning to stockpile Russian-made S-400s, with the aim of lifting CAATSA sanctions and returning Turkey to the F-35 procurement program.
Turkey was thrown out of the F-35 combat aircraft program because of its actions which embraced Russia and were antithetical to NATO.
Cyprus’ president said on Wednesday he was ready to immediately resume reunification talks over the ethnically divided island, urging regional rival Turkey to also engage in the effort.
Greece and Turkey will explore whether they can start talks aimed at demarcating their maritime zones, Greece’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed the positive climate and the will to maintain the existing framework of de-escalation in Greek-Turkish relations during their meeting on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 79th UN General Assembly in New York.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, marking their second encounter in two months following a July meeting in Washington.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said that the values of the United Nations’ system and the Western world are dying in Gaza as the conflict continues there, calling for an “alliance of humanity” to stop Israel.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry submitted a demarche to its Greek counterpart over Greek Coast Guard vessels that came within a few dozen meters of the Turkish shores in recent days, while chasing away migrant smugglers, according to information obtained by Kathimerini.
Lena Argiri, the Washington, DC correspondent for ERT – the Greek Public Broadcasting Company – and Kathimerini, joins Thanos Davelis to look into her latest scoop from Washington, DC on a US proposal that could see a resolution to the Russian S-400 missile issue with Turkey and possibly open the door for Ankara to rejoin the F-35 program.
Turkey’s effort to get CAATSA sanctions lifted to pave the way for its acquisition of F-35 fighter jets from the United States was confirmed by its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in his speech in New York and by his foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, in an interview last week to the state-run Anadolu Agency in which he referred to a quest for a “creative formula” on the issue.
Expectations are low ahead of Tuesday’s meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
It is always useful for the Greek prime minister to get together with the Turkish president, whatever the state of bilateral relations; be it tense or relatively calm, as has been the case during more than a year now.
