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Athens and Ankara face bumps in the road as they prepare for political dialogue
PoliticsForeign PolicyDeputy 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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Ankara springs surprise on Athens with Libya maritime deal
PoliticsForeign PolicyAnkara 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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Athens and Ankara keep ties ticking over pending elections
PoliticsForeign Policywith 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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Greece and Turkey launch latest round of talks, building up to Ankara visit by Mitsotakis
PoliticsForeign PolicyMonday’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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After local elections in Turkey, Athens hopes recent tension with Ankara will ease
PoliticsForeign Policy; 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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Athens seeking Mitsotakis-Erdogan talks as Ankara suggests arbitration for disputes
PoliticsForeign Policy. 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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Athens buoyed by content, mood of Mitsotakis trip to Washington
PoliticsForeign Policyby Turkish fighter jets, Ankara’s revisionist policies and Cyprus issue. And he asked the members of Congress to resist new arms procurements by Ankara. He made an effort, though, to wed Greek concerns... State Department mostly focused on Ankara’s recent provocations in the Aegean. In fact, the Greek
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Greek-Turkish relations at standstill as Athens counters Ankara's claims
PoliticsForeign PolicyCouncil, 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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Athens ups diplomatic effort as Turkey plans hydrocarbon research in Greek continental shelf
PoliticsForeign Policyon 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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Ankara directs ire at Athens over ruling on soldiers as Cyprus talks drift
PoliticsForeign Policyfled to northern Greece after the attempted July 15 coup. In a statement issued on Thursday, Ankara... once again”. Moreover, Ankara argues that “we do not see the support and cooperation that we need... in the failed coup, as Ankara insists. The soldiers will be held in detention until their asylum
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