On Tuesday, at 18:40 Greek time, his meeting was “locked”. Kyriakou Mitsotakis with the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoganin New York, on the sidelines of the UN Summit.

According to government sources, immigration, regional developments and bilateral relations are on the agenda of the discussions.

As the same sources state, bilateral relations with Turkey do not depend on the American elections.

“We will assess the events after the meeting and see the depth of the issues we can go into, whether we are ready to discuss maritime zones. In a very turbulent time and with a Middle East producing more crises, the fact that we can talk, advance the positive agenda and not be led to escalation in the field, all this is a positive achievement. Cyprus is always discussed and at this juncture the issue will be raised by us. We are cautiously optimistic about restarting talks,” government sources said.

As for Immigration, the government sources said that as traffickers adapt their methods, we should be vigilant and increase levels of cooperation with Turkey. There is satisfaction with the level of cooperation with Turkey.”

Regarding the cable connection with Cyprus, the same sources reported that significant progress has been made, saying that it is of huge geopolitical importance, especially for Cyprus. “We are convinced that there will be no significant geopolitical risk,” they added.

At the same time, ND sources from Athens reported on the case of Marios Salmas that his removal from the party is a “legal development”.