The Kasos issue and Ankara’s reactions to the investigations of the Italian ship, Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis raised yesterday with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan during the meeting they had yesterday, Thursday in Brussels, according to SKAI’s correspondent in Istanbul, Manolis Kostidis.

Turkish sources report for their part that the meeting was held in a good atmosphere and that there should be better synchronization between Ankara and Brussels

At the same time, the sources state that the recent developments in Greek-Turkish were also discussed, asking “to create a positive environment from the tensions”. Finally, the two officials referred to the details of the upcoming Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting in the US in September in the context of the UN General Assembly.

Turkish Foreign Minister: The Cyprus issue should not be linked to Turkey-EU relations

The Cyprus issue was also put on the table of the Gerapetritis-Fidan meeting. Regarding this issue, the Turkish Foreign Minister told the Anadolu agency that there should be no connection between the Cypriot and Turkey’s relations with the EU, pointing out that “this will not bring any result”.

“We believe that revitalizing Turkey-EU relations is in everyone’s interest. However, we emphasized that the creation of a connection between the Cypriot and Turkey-EU relations. it is not a healthy method and will not yield any results.

Today, almost all of my counterparts in the EU emphasized that structural and regular dialogue and consultations should continue with Turkey in all areas, especially in foreign policy, security and defense policy,” said the Turkish minister.

Ankara’s confirmation of joint exercise with the US

Ankara confirmed the joint exercise that will be carried out by American and Turkish ships, speaking of “routine and limited training”.

“The ships TCG Anadolu and TCG Gökova conducted transit training in the Mediterranean with the US Navy vessels USS Wasp and USS Oak Hill between August 13 and 17. Transit exercises are exercises conducted to increase joint interoperability with elements of friendly and allied countries in our region and are also conducted with ships of other friendly and allied countries. These are trainings that are routine and limited in scope. In other words, it is not an exercise, it was not planned a year in advance as claimed. ..It is wrong to attribute different meanings to these exercises” the sources of the Ministry of Defense in Turkey point out

Ankara: The S-400s remain in our stockpiles

At the same time, sources of the Ministry of Defense of Turkey
they also report that the S-400s remain in its stocks without any new developments on the matter.

“The air defense needs of our country still exist. In this context, the S-400 air defense system is in the stock of the Turkish Armed Forces. At present, there is no new development in this matter,” the sources said.

First night flight of the Turkish unmanned fighter Bayraktar Kizilelma

The Turkish unmanned fighter Bayraktar Kizilelma made its first night flight. Information indicates that at least 1 billion have been spent. dollars for its development.