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NATO chief Stoltenberg says “Turkey’s security concerns are legitimate”, angers Greeks, Cypriots

Security concerns raised by Turkey in its opposition to Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO membership applications are legitimate, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday during a visit to Finland. “These are legitimate concerns. This is about terrorism, it’s about weapons exports,” Stoltenberg told a joint news conference with Finnish …

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Stoltenberg hints at risks from Turkey’s S-400, No-Fly Zone in Ukraine

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shown the importance of NATO allies not being dependent on Russian military equipment, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in his speech at the Diplomacy Forum in Antalya on Friday. While he did not explicitly mentioned the Russian S-400 missiles, both Turkish and Greek media understood …

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NATO head urges EU to take “positive approach” towards Turkey

Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg has urged the European Union leaders to take a “positive approach” towards Turkey. “Τηε EU needs to realize τηε importance of Turkey as part of NATO, Western family,” Stoltenberg said, according to Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu. Acknowledging the existence of differences and disagreements …

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“It is up to Turkey to close the road to the crisis,” Greek PM tells Stoltenberg, Ankara

“It is up to Turkey to close the road to the crisis and pave the way for a solution. We are ready to meet it on this second path,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during joint statements with  NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg after a meeting in his office …

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Greece and Turkey established de-confliction mechanism, said NATO

Greece and Turkey have established a military mechanism aimed at preventing standoffs between their warships and military aircraft in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea from breaking out into open conflict, the NATO announced on Thursday. Following a series of technical meetings between the Military Representatives of Greece and Turkey at NATO …

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Athens dismisses Stoltenberg’s claim “Greece, Turkey agreed to technical talks at NATO” UPD

Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, announced on Thursday afternoon that Greece and Turkey had agreed to start a dialogue and to enter into technical talks at NATO. Quick was the response of the Greek Foreign Ministry that dismissed Stoltenberg’s claims. Stoltenberg announced the “agreed dialogue” on a Twitter: Following …

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NATO formally invites FYROM to begin membership talks

NATO has formally invited FYROM to begin membership talks on joining the North Atlantic alliance. The invitation was issued on July 11 after the NATO Summit meeting in Brussels of heads of states from the 29 members. The invitation was expected after FYROM Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Greek Prime …

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NATO Stoltenberg: FYROM full membership only with full ratification and positive referendum outcome

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, that the NATO will invite the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to be full member of the North Atlantic Alliance only if it ratifies the Macedonia Agreement with Greece and YES will prevail in the referendum. Arriving at the European Union Council …

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NATO maintains “equal distance policy” to Greek soldiers issue

Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, maintained the usual “equal distance policy” in the case of the two Greek soldiers currently in custody in Turkish prison. In an interview with Turkish news agency Anadolu, Stoltenberg was quoted as saying “this is an issue that must be resolved between Greece and …

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