In a climate of tension, due to the Turkish provocation, the 64th round of exploratory contacts is taking place today in Athens.
The meeting comes at a time when Erdogan’s threats against Greece for the islands preceded, while in Oslo the Turkish ambassador had a “hot” episode with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, reiterating Turkish claims to the Aegean and the casus belli.
“You say openly to an audience and probably also on the Internet, that threatening war with any country is legal” was the “paid” response of Nikos Dendias, who added that Turkey has signed the UN Charter, which prohibits full use of force and the threat of use of force.
However, in a good atmosphere took place yesterday third meeting by the Undersecretary of State for Economic Diplomacy and Extroversion, Costa Frangogianniwith the Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkey Sedat Onalin Athens, in the framework of the Positive Agenda initiative.
The two sides, according to the announcement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed satisfaction with the progress made in specific issues and in particular in the opening of negotiations for the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation between Enterprise Greece and the respective Turkish institution Invest in Turkey, in mutual recognition vaccination certificates against covid-19, the progress of the Joint Committee on Tourism and the reactivation of the Joint Economic Committee.
During the meeting, the trade and business relations of the two countries, the prospects of cooperation in the fields of transport and telecommunications, as well as the strengthening of cooperation in addressing environmental challenges were also discussed.
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