The messages of the American president, Joe Bidento the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoganis expected to be brought to Ankara today by the American Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anoni Blinken, in the meeting he will have today with his counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu.

On the agenda of the discussions will be the Greek-Turkish, the F-16, but also the integration of Sweden and Finland into NATO, a move which Turkey is blocking.

Blinken has been in Turkey since yesterday and together with Cavusoglu visited the earthquake affected areas.

This is the first visit of the American Foreign Minister to Turkey, in the two years of the Bennett administration, which demonstrates the state of Turkish-American relations, as commented by the SKAI correspondent in Istanbul, Manolis Kostidis.

Anthony Blinken was welcomed by Mevlut Cavusoglu. Also present was the US ambassador in Ankara, whom 15 days ago Cavusoglu had accused of attempting a coup.

However, today’s meeting between Cavusoglu and Blinken is considered crucial both for Greek-Turkish relations and for the issue of Sweden and Finland, as Blinken is expected to convey a message from Biden, which is likely to link developments in all fields with the issue of F -16.

The message that Antony Blinken, coming from Ankara, will convey to Athens tonight is also awaited with great interest.

Concern over wave of refugees from Syria

Meanwhile, Turkey is flooded with rumors of tens of thousands of Syrian refugees crossing the Syria-Turkey border.

The Turkish Defense Minister himself denies the rumours Hulusi Akar who appears to inspect the border units.

In a dialogue with a soldier, Akar asks: “Have you noticed any crossing of refugees from Syria to Turkey?”

“No my boss!” the soldier replies.

Akar continues: “As you have noticed since the morning we are inspecting our units at the border as well as receiving all reports from our starting units. According to all data there is no extraordinary mobility. There is no border crossing and we see that clearly. Let everyone be quiet and calm.”

As reported by Manolis Kostidis, Erdogan appears irritated by the rumors about postponing the elections.

Party officials are talking about elections on June 18.

The Turkish president is reportedly talking about May 14.