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Greece working on plan for multilateral talks in East Med Athens is preparing a concept paper outlining its proposal for a five-party conference aimed at enhancing co-operation and resolving issues related to the Exclusive Economic Zones in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Greek-Turkish tensions flare over Turkey’s bid to join SAFE Tensions between Greece and Turkey have resurfaced, this time over Ankara’s bid to participate in the European Union’s SAFE (Security Action for Europe) programme - a 150-billion-euro lending initiative aimed at bolstering investment in Europe’s defence industries.
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Mitsotakis heads to Gaza Peace Summit with focus on wider regional developments Athens sees the Gaza peace agreement that is due to be signed on Monday in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh as historic and a new opportunity for peace in the Middle East.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Mitsotakis renews call for Turkey to scrap "casus belli" - opposition unimpressed Kyriakos Mitsotakis returned from his appearance at the United Nations General Assembly last week feeling that he had burnished Greece's diplomatic contacts with a range of countries and had stated the country's case clearly vis a vis its ongoing disputes with Turkey, making the trip a success despite the cancellation of his scheduled meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Cancelled leaders' meeting in US emphasises stalemate in Greek-Turkish relations The cancellation of a planned meeting in New York between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the cause of some concern in Athens about whether Ankara might stoke bilateral tension in the weeks ahead.
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Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar Just a few days before the meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in New York, Ankara is due to begin this Monday scientific surveys in the Aegean Sea.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Government's foreign policy under scrutiny again following actions by Egypt and Turkey Over the past few weeks, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has sought to counter criticism of his government’s foreign policy as overly cautious and lacking assertiveness. However, recent developments involving Egypt and Turkey have once again placed Athens’s diplomatic strategy under the spotlight.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
Athens keeps close eye on Turkey's reactions amid MSP and GSI developments Athens is aiming to defuse recent tension with Ankara caused by the Greece-Cyprus electrical interconnection project, the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), as well as by the recent maritime spatial planning (MSP) presented by the Greek government.
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Doubts about GSI resurface as Turkey raises objections over electricity cable Athens is currently weighing up its next moves regarding the 1.94-billion-euro Great Sea Interconnector, or GSI, as the project to construct an electricity cable linking the power grids of Greece, Cyprus and Israel faces headwinds again.
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Mitsotakis refreshes Israel ties ahead of resuming work on GSI cable Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited France and Israel over the last few days, aiming to bolster close relations with key allies ahead of two important developments in the Eastern Mediterranean.