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Greece and Turkey move ahead with talks on Confidence Building Measures Delegations from Greece and Turkey discussing Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) are due to meet at the Ministry of Defence in Athens on Monday.
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Ankara's reaction to marine parks proposal highlights obstacles to Greek-Turkish dialogue Ankara has revived its claims over the so-called 'grey zones' in the Aegean following Greece's intention to establish two marine parks, one in the Aegean Sea, which will include several islets.
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Greek, Turkish foreign ministers hold talks with focus on short- and medium-term aims Athens foresees a smooth continuation of the next steps of the roadmap that has defined the ongoing Greek-Turkish dialogue, especially after the assurances it has received from the Turkish side that there will be no change in Ankara's stance following the heavy defeat of the ruling AKP party in the recent municipal elections.
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Greece and Turkey launch latest round of talks, building up to Ankara visit by Mitsotakis Monday’s meeting in Ankara between Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou and her Turkish counterpart Burak Akçapar signals the beginning of a new round of talks between Greece and Turkey within the framework of the political dialogue that was agreed last year by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Greece and Turkey edging forward with political dialogue Greece and Turkey plan to take the next steps in their political dialogue on 11 March. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou will meet her Turkish counterpart Burak Aksapar in Ankara to assess the most difficult issues on the agenda.
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Athens and Ankara face bumps in the road as they prepare for political dialogue Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou is due to visit Ankara on March 11 for the second round of Greece’s political dialogue with Turkey. Her talks with her Turkish counterpart Burak Aksapar are also designed to prepare the visit of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Turkey in May.
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Diplomatic and defence developments encourage Athens to seek greater geopolitical role Athens believes it is in a position to exercise greater geopolitical influence following recent developments in the fields of diplomacy and defence.
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Greece secures F-35 jets as US tries to appear even-handed following F-16 deal for Turkey Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis welcomed on Saturday the US State Department’s decision to give the green light for the sale of Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter jets to Greece.
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FM gauges mood in Middle East, seeks to bolster ties with Egypt The ongoing war in the Middle East as well as the increasing maritime insecurity in the Red Sea topped the agenda of talks Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis held during this week’s mini tour of countries in the region.
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Middle East and F-35s top agenda during Blinken's talks with Mitsotakis US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s whirlwind tour of the Middle East aimed at containing the conflict in Gaza began with a tricky Greek-Turkish prologue. The US diplomat met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul and then, in Crete, with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.