Always committed to International Law and European values, Greece has specific positions that are well known. Regarding overall relations with Turkey – on the bilateral level and in the EU-Turkey framework – there have been and there are disagreements.
However, at the same time, as stressed during Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias’ meetings in Ankara yesterday, the Mitsotakis government has a clear will to promote a positive agenda in the relations between the two countries and a range of cooperation.
Especially in the economic and trade sector, the positive agenda can contribute to consolidating a climate of de-escalation and improvement of relations. The two sides also considered the strengthening of contacts between the two peoples, and in this direction there was an exchange of views on proposals that could be implemented following the pandemic.
The Greek side, through the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Economic Diplomacy, Kostas Fragogiannis, proposed 15 points of cooperation in the economic sector. The Turkish side also put forward specific proposals.
The two sides agreed to work on the next steps in this sector during the upcoming meetings between the two countries, on all levels.
