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Dendias issues reminder for EU and Turkey ahead of December council meeting
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens is making a concerted effort to make it clear towards Ankara and Brussels where Greece’s... current actions, Ankara “does not leave any room for a positive agenda at the upcoming European... is due to expire. Ankara suggests that this can pave the way for the resumption of exploratory talks
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Athens bracing for fresh tension with Turkey, sends letter to UN
PoliticsForeign Policy. Following a ministerial meeting in Ankara, Erdogan said: “in my meeting with him (Mitsotakis), we... urged the US not supply Turkey with the F-16 fighter jets. Ankara has been putting pressure... and actual threats and believes that Ankara’s plans for a cross-border operation into Syria to fight
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Greek, Turkish foreign ministers hold talks with focus on short- and medium-term aims
PoliticsForeign Policythat there will be no change in Ankara's stance following the heavy defeat of the ruling AKP party... on the sidelines of the NATO meeting in Brussels this week, it seems that Athens and Ankara... the preparations regarding the first ever visit of the Greek premier to Ankara, during the first two weeks
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Greece and Turkey press on with high‑level meeting despite renewed frictions
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens and Ankara are preparing for the next high‑level meeting between the two countries’ leaders, scheduled to take place in Ankara between February 9 and 13. The two countries leaders, Kyriakos... recently issued long‑term Navtex notices reflecting Ankara’s views on shared competence in the Aegean
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Iran threat and Turkish "grey zones" revival puncture August lull
PoliticsGreek Politicsto RES spatial plan The warnings come as Athens faces escalating rhetoric from Ankara, confronting... consequence” for Turkey, repeating Ankara’s long-standing position on what it calls “interconnected... in the north-eastern Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean, a manoeuvre Athens regards as extending Ankara’s
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Greece facing period of renewed tension with Turkey in Aegean
PoliticsForeign Policy— not because officials believe a confrontation is necessarily imminent, but because Ankara... the current phase less as an isolated rhetorical outburst and more as an effort by Ankara to reassert... to preserve the channels established with Ankara but is also seeking to elevate the issue to the EU
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Newsletter 83 - 22/07/2016
concern for the Greek government is its relationship with Ankara following last Friday’s failed plot... carrying eight personnel that Ankara regards as plotters landed in Alexandroupoli, northeastern... on the asylum requests would be made around the middle of August, meaning relations with Ankara
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Greek-Turkish relations set for turbulence after court rejects soldiers' extradition
PoliticsForeign Policybilateral relations between Ankara and Athens. The difficulties ahead are clear from the press... is of a concern, according to analysts, is that Ankara sees “political motives” behind the decision... general secretary Dimitris Paraskevopoulos was in Ankara on Thursday for political consultations with his
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Cyprus EEZ keeps Greek-Turkish relations on edge
PoliticsForeign PolicyTensions are still running high between Athens and Ankara after a Turkish vessel rammed a Greek... ministries. Ankara was annoyed by statements made by Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias during... crossed it” regarding the Imia incident. He also warned Ankara that the next time it acts aggressively
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Tsipras and Erdogan keep conversation going despite lack of specific gains
PoliticsForeign PolicyDuring Alexis Tsipras' state visit, the first in 11 years by a Greek prime minister to Ankara... scope of his visit to Ankara by underlying that "we should first lay the foundations and then build... did not help atmosphere between Athens and Ankara, an essential condition for these talks. Both
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