Tag Archives: dialogue

“Exploratory talks with Turkey can begin, once provocations end, “Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated during joint statements  with the European Council President Charles Michel in Athens on Tuesday. “If we see tangible proof of good behavior, we are ready to begin exploratory contacts with Turkey at once, on the …

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“The return of Oruc Reis to Antalya is a positive first step. I really hope this first step be followed by others,” Greek prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday during a press conference in the city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece. “If there are steps towards this direction, Greece is …

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“Negotiations with Turkey can be held as soon as Turkish ships withdraw from the Greek continental shelf” Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias reiterated Greece ‘s position while in New York for a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday. Dendias briefed Guterres on Turkey’s provocations against peace and regional stability …

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German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warned that “the slightest spark in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea region could cause a disaster” and called for “an immediate end to all provocations in the area.” We suppose that Maas was addressing Turkey without mentioning it by name, and not Greece, while he was …

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Greece is open to a dialogue with Turkey but not under threats, the country’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias reiterated on Wednesday. Speaking to state broadcaster ERT TV, Dendias criticized Turkey for issuing “threats and deadlines,” adding that dialogue cannot be held “at gunpoint.” He added that there is no agreed …

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Turkey has proposed a dialogue with Greece to solve bilateral issues. At the same time, it threatens with a hot pursuit should Athens try to prevent Turkey’s planned drilling for hydrocarbon south of the island of Crete No one will dare stopping our drilling. These are our sovereign rights that …

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Typical Greece. The right hand does not know what the left one does. Two whole hours after the news of the dialogue freezing was circulating in all media, the office of the Prime Minister dismissed the reports saying that talks on “Confidence Building Measures” will continued as planned. Sources of …

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Turkey’s Defense Minister Fikri Işık called on Greece to solve the problems between the two neighbors through dialogue amid escalating tensions between the two NATO allies. Işık said the neighboring countries should work together to solve their problems. But what are the problems between the two countries, what kind of …

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A “historical moment”, frustrated Greeks would say today: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during the EU Leaders Summit in Brussels. The meeting was short and painless, and lasted just a few seconds. A hand shake, a few smiles…. and lots of reservation and arrogance. …

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Coalition government partners Evangelos Venizelos (PASOK and Fotis Kouvelis (Democratic Left) openly invited prime minister Antonis Samaras to discuss the restructure of ERT on the condition that the public broadcaster remains open. Fotis Kouvelis: No doubt ERT needs restructuring but with ERT remaining open. It’s unacceptable for ERT to be …

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