2024-05-20 04:18:44
Throughout a press convention together with his Austrian counterpart, Turkish Overseas Minister Hakan Fidan referred to Recep Tayyip Erdogan‘s assembly with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Ankara, in addition to to the progress of Greek-Turkish talks.
The Turkish Overseas Minister stated that Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ journey to Ankara was a “rewarding go to” for Erdogan’s journey to Greece final December.
In accordance with Hakan Fidan, the 2 political leaders, “who got here to energy with the help of the individuals” after the 2023 elections, “have the desire to take the relations between Turkey and Greece to a better stage, to resolve issues that we inherited from our latest and distant historical past, resolving them in a means that can be within the curiosity of either side.”
Talking of “constructive steps” by Greece, the Turkish Overseas Minister famous that “the great factor is that either side are in a position to focus on all issues in probably the most open means, but in addition on the suitable bases”.
“With my Greek counterpart, we comfortably focus on many points associated to safety, particularly the Aegean and minorities. How can we remedy present points, how can we strategy long run issues, what may be completed to forestall present rigidity from escalating. All that is mentioned each on the stage of concepts and on the premise of the creation of a everlasting mechanism”, he stated characteristically.
Combating terrorism
On the similar time, Hakan Fidan addressed the difficulty of combating terrorism and referred to the common conferences between the Turkish Ministry of Inside and the Intelligence Service with the Greek facet.
“As you understand, for years we’ve seen that terrorists who left Turkey first went to Greece after which dispersed to varied components of Europe, whereas those that didn’t disperse remained there and created camps. With the abolition of the camp in Lavrio, we noticed that the Mitsotakis authorities successfully eradicated a problematic state of affairs inside Greece, considering Turkey’s sensitivities on this problem. This was an vital improvement.”
Tourism and financial system
“The 2 nations are looking for how the Aegean can work favorably in tasks associated to the financial system, tourism and joint improvement. We see that tourism is within the curiosity of each nations. On this regard, we see that our entrepreneurs are more and more leveraging their will for mutual funding. Actually, we encourage them”, stated the Turkish Overseas Minister.
“In yesterday’s assembly with Mr. Mitsotakis, our president emphasised that we should make very critical efforts to extend the quantity of commerce between the 2 nations. On the similar time, he proposed that the 2 nations share and collectively promote the tourism market, setting frequent tourism objectives.
For the marine park
Hakan Fidan didn’t fail to say Turkey’s reservations concerning the creation of a marine park within the Aegean, which has been introduced by the Greek authorities.
“We expressed our reservations. In our eyes, this isn’t an harmless environmental plan and if it goes forward, it can run into points regarding the continental shelf, which is a pink line for us. We stated we is not going to settle for it.”
“Each side agree that we must always not take unilateral steps on both facet and that we must always search an answer to the prevailing issues, nevertheless troublesome they might be. Good will and political will are evident. We proceed our efforts.”
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