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Diplomacy
Greece and Turkey Vow to Build on Positive Momentum
Greece and Turkey reiterated their joint commitment to build on the existing positive momentum during a meeting of foreign ministry officials on Monday in Ankara.
The meeting between Greece’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou and her Turkish counterpart Burak Akcapar...
Diplomacy
Geopolitical Threats and Opportunities for Greece in 2024
Greece will be presented with diverse geopolitical threats and opportunities in 2024. To say that the world stage last year was eventful would be an understatement, so there is little doubt that the course of foreign affairs will again...
Greek News
How Turkey and Sweden Complicate Sale of US F-35s to Greece
The proposed sale by the US of fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets to Greece is being delayed due to the complex geopolitics of Washington's relations with Turkey.
Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said in an interview with Skai TV on Saturday...
Diplomacy
President Biden Supports ‘Constructive Steps’ Between Greece and Turkey
US President Joe Biden “expressed support for recent constructive steps” in the relationship between Greece and Turkey in a call with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday.
The White House said that Biden was supportive of “recent constructive steps” in...
Economy
Construction of New Bridge Linking Greece and Turkey Set to Begin
Greece and Turkey have agreed to begin construction of a new bridge linking the two countries in the Evros region. The bridge will improve road safety conditions and ensure the smoother movement of passengers and goods between the two...
Diplomacy
Turkey’s Erdogan Offers Greece Nuclear Energy
Upon his return to Ankara from his official trip to Athens, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he wants to develop cooperation with Greece on nuclear energy.
Speaking to reporters on his flight back from Greece, where he met Prime Minister...
Diplomacy
Full Text of the Friendship Declaration Between Greece, Turkey
On Thursday, Greece's Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a joint declaration pledging to maintain good and friendly neighborly relations at the 5th meeting of the High-Level Cooperation Council held in Athens on Thursday afternoon.
The full...
Diplomacy
Mitsotakis, Erdogan Sign Friendship Declaration Between Greece and Turkey
PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a friendship declaration between Greece and Turkey in Athens on Thursday in a symbolic move that confirms the warming of relations between the two nations.
The declaration commits both countries "to...
Cyprus
Kissinger Owed an Apology to Greece and Cyprus
A year before Henry Kissinger's death Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute wrote a polemic calling on him to apologize to Greece and Cyprus over his role during the Turkish invasion of 1974.
Writing in the...
Diplomacy
Erdogan: Greece and Turkey Can Solve Differences with Dialogue
Relations between Greece and Turkey can improve and certain differences can be settled through dialogue, without third-party interference, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.
Speaking at a press briefing on the flight back home from a visit to Berlin, Erdogan...