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Talks between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara will be conducted in a much heavier climate than last December’s meeting in Athens.
Talks between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara will be conducted in a much heavier climate than last December’s meeting in Athens.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be in Turkey on Monday. From this side of the Aegean Sea, many people liked it when the prime minister said “Welcome” to the Turkish tourists who visited the island of Lesvos.
The tender to pick a contractor to build a protective shell around the site of the so-called “Phaleron Captives” has come to an end, with the government’s Diavgeia platform listing MT ATE as the winner of the first phase of the process.
The recent cancellation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to the White House immediately sparked discussions about its potential repercussions on Greek-Turkish relations.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen implicitely rebuked newly sworn-in North Macedonia President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova’s reference to her country as “Macedonia” instead of its constitutional name.
No one believes that in Monday’s meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Greek Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis there will be any serious progress in the major problems that have accumulated over the last 50 years in bilateral relations.
A few hours before welcoming Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke to Kathimerini about all the issues pertaining to the two countries’ bilateral relations.
The Greek Foreign Ministry has responded to the use of the word “Macedonia” by newly sworn-in North Macedonia President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova.
Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova was sworn as the first female president of North Macedonia on Sunday and immediately reignited a diplomatic spat with neighboring Greece.
Gordana Siljanovska was inaugurated as North Macedonia’s president in a parliamentary session, where she referred to the country as “Macedonia,” diverging from the official “North Macedonia” designation.