They give and take the scenarios for the meeting between Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO Summit in Vilnius on July 11-12.

As stated by Manolis Kostidisapart from the two prime ministers, the two foreign ministers of the two countries, Giorgos Gerapetritis and Hakan Fidan, are expected to sit at the negotiating table.

At the same time, on the Turkish side, the press representative and chief advisor to the President, Akif Tsagatai Kilic, will participate.

From the Greek side, the director of the Diplomatic Office of the Prime Minister, Ambassador Anna Maria Boura and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandra Papadopoulou will also be at the table.

Turkish media: Mitsotakis’ messages about Turkey are positive

Meanwhile, the Turkish media reports with a positive atmosphere in the meeting in reference to the visit of the Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis to Cyprus.

In the news bulletin of Haber Global it is stated: The new Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, George Gerapetritis, made his first trip abroad to ‘southern Cyprus’ (Republic of Cyprus). The Greek minister stated that they are ready for discussions on the issues of disputes with Turkey. After the re-election of Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Greece, messages of a positive atmosphere and dialogue are being expressed. Giorgos Gerapetritis traveled to ‘southern Cyprus’. In his interview with his counterpart Constantinos Kobo, he said that Greece is ready to start consultations with Turkey to resolve the long-standing maritime border dispute.

Blinken’s phone call to Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan

At the same time, Blinken had a phone call with Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, and talked to him about Sweden’s accession to NATO.

Washington is pressuring Turkey for Sweden’s accession to NATO from the upcoming Summit in Vilnius, with Biden specifically emphasizing: We look forward to seeing Sweden in NATO. Its accession will strengthen NATO.

Erdogan: Sweden has taken steps but cancels them alone

For his part, Erdogan stated that Sweden has indeed taken some steps, but the Koran burning incidents nullify these efforts.

Characteristically, Erdogan pointed out: Sweden has taken steps in the right direction by making changes to anti-terrorist legislation, but supporters of the terrorist organization PKK/PYD/YPG continue to freely organize demonstrations praising terrorism, which nullifies the steps taken. The attacks on our holy book, the Koran, in Sweden cannot be justified under the pretext of freedom of thought and what has been done is clearly a crime of expression.