The 7th spherical of the Greek-Turkish talks at the Political Discussion and the Certain Time table starts lately in Athens, at a time when the 2 international locations are on the lookout for commonplace flooring for the following steps of the bilateral rapprochement.
Turkey’s Deputy Overseas Minister Mehmet Kemal Bozai arrived in Athens for consecutive conferences with the Greek opposite numbers of Costas Fragogiannis, within the context of the consultations at the Certain Time table, and Alexandra Papadopoulou, at the Political Discussion. This morning, with Costas Fragogiannis, there might be an intensive review of all spaces of Greek-Turkish cooperation associated with the Certain Time table.
New fields by which the Greek aspect displays passion in increasing cooperation with the neighboring nation – and which might be anticipated to be put at the desk – are the ones of the financial system, shipping, science, innovation and sports activities. Fragogiannis and Bozai are discussing lately with a watch at the upcoming Perfect Cooperation Council (SCC) in Ankara (which is predicted to near between January 20 and February 20) whilst on the finish in their assembly the 2 Overseas Ministers will announce the beginning of the web festival – who was once getting ready all of the earlier months –, of the Hackathon, to which they are going to invite Greek and Turkish younger scientists and start-up industry executives to sign in for participation.
The next day to come, the baton of the Greek-Turkish talks will move into the arms of the Deputy Minister of Overseas Affairs, Alexandra Papadopoulou, for the following section of the Political Discussion.
The schedule of the discussions with Bozai will come with, amongst others, bilateral problems, regional and world traits, migration problems and regional traits within the Heart East. Additionally defining this discussion desk would be the summit assembly of the 2 leaders of Greece and Turkey on the sixth Perfect Cooperation Council in Ankara, whilst all Greek-Turkish talks might be overshadowed through the Cyprus factor and the efforts of UN Secretary Basic Antonio Guterres to restart talks between of either side. Athens, Nicosia, Ankara and London, additionally, be expecting at any second the announcement through Guterres of the date of the casual five-party assembly with the participation of the 3 guarantor powers.
On the identical time, whilst the 7th spherical of Greek-Turkish talks might be ongoing in Greece, Giorgos Gerapetritis and Hakan Fidan might be in Brussels (3-4/12) and Malta (4-5/2) for the ministerial assembly of the NATO Overseas Ministry and the ministerial OSCE assembly, respectively, the place it isn’t excluded that at the spot, at the sidelines of the conferences, the second one appointment for which they already had preconceived of the assembly between them on November 8 in Athens.
On this 2nd quarter, the 2 Overseas Ministers had postponed two key problems for dialogue: at the one hand, the investigation of a commonplace framework to be able to elevate the problem of delimitation of the continental shelf and EEZ on the ASS in Ankara and, after all, the essential preparatory dialogue at the schedule of the ASS with which they’re completely charged.
The purpose of the brand new spherical of contacts – amid drive on either side from inside of to insist on discussion – was once set through the Greek Top Minister himself, making it transparent that he would proceed the discussions, understanding that almost all of Greeks are on the lookout for ” calm waters’ and in spite of the 2 international locations agreeing to disagree.
As he identified, despite the fact that “the only large distinction” can’t be mentioned in higher intensity, it will be significant that Athens and Ankara don’t seem to be “in a state of everlasting pressure and demanding situations”.
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