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  1. Athens and Ankara face bumps in the road as they prepare for political dialogue
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    Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou is due to visit Ankara on March 11 for the second... and Ankara is the demarcation of the maritime zones, while the Cyprus issue also needs to be resolved...-Turkish relations continue to go through a period of calm, Athens recognises that Ankara will still

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  2. Ankara springs surprise on Athens with Libya maritime deal

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    Ankara caught Athens by surprise when it announced this week the signing of a Maritime... Directorate. This new move by Ankara has caused concern in Athens, which is considering how it should react.... Additionally, Libya and Ankara argue that they have common sea borders, ignoring the island of Crete

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  3. Athens and Ankara keep ties ticking over pending elections
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    with any new government in Ankara. The rhetoric used by Turkish officials, which is always related... to be different. Ankara’s approach to this matter has been very clear, especially following the collapse... Union accession talks and reset its relations with the West. Greece welcomes the idea of Ankara being

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  4. Greece and Turkey launch latest round of talks, building up to Ankara visit by Mitsotakis
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    Monday’s meeting in Ankara between Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou and her Turkish... Kyriakos Mitsotakis will make his first visit to Ankara in May. In a radio interview last week... visit to Ankara. “The Prime Minister's trip to Ankara will be, in all probability, in May

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  5. After local elections in Turkey, Athens hopes recent tension with Ankara will ease
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    ; secondly the deterioration of US–Turkish relations, especially due to Ankara’s intention to purchase.... Following the visit of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to Ankara last January, the two countries have... be interpreted as sending a specific message to Ankara. For instance, the declaration said

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  6. Athens seeking Mitsotakis-Erdogan talks as Ankara suggests arbitration for disputes

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    . On Monday, Ankara responded to Mitsotakis’s call via an interview given by Turkish Ambassador... with Ankara concerns the continental shelf, whereas for Turkey, as the ambassador underlined in his... illegal immigration, he stressed that Ankara has to fulfil its responsibilities by cracking down

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  7. Foreign minister's visit to Ankara sparks hope of new era in Greek-Turkish ties
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    of progress in relations between Athens and Ankara. Kotzias shared an Indian saying with Turkish President... Ankara. His use of the Indian saying was Kotzias’s way of underlining Athens' intentions to engage... with his the then – counterpart Ismael Cem. It also seems that Ankara is also in the mood to launch

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  8. Athens ponders impact of Turkey's role in Afghanistan
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    relations, even though Ankara is already trying to gain an advantage in that part of the world, claiming a significant role in the central Asian country. The same sources believe that Ankara’s efforts... between the West and the Taliban, Ankara is aiming to earn points by showing that as an Islamic

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  9. Greek-Turkish relations at standstill as Athens counters Ankara's claims
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    Council, with Greece, adding in a speech to legislators from his governing AKP party that Ankara wanted a foreign policy that “had strong character”. Ankara has not only cut off bilateral talks... Ankara. Turkey continues to demand that Greece demilitarises its Eastern Aegean islands and claims

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  10. Athens ups diplomatic effort as Turkey plans hydrocarbon research in Greek continental shelf
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    on Ankara. This comes in the wake of the publication in the Turkish government gazette of a map... censure against the candidate. Demarche to Ankara As soon as the areas for which the TPAO applied for exploration permits were published in the Turkish government gazette, Athens issued warnings to Ankara

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