Greek diplomatic sources responded to comments by the Turkish Foreign Ministry, which criticized Greece and the Republic of Cyprus over their stance on the Turkey–Libya maritime zone memorandum.
Greece has approved transferring 13 armored personnel carriers (APCs) to Lebanon’s Armed Forces, deepening cooperation between Athens and Beirut amid mounting regional instability.
Turkey will press European allies which plan to sharply ramp up their defense spending to ease restrictions that now require most of that money to be spent in the EU, Defense Minister Yasar Guler told Reuters on Wednesday ahead of a NATO meeting.
A Greek diplomatic delegation led by Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis is in Cairo on Wednesday for talks concerning the status of the Orthodox Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.
Turkey is demanding that the European Union offer “more favorable” conditions for its defense industry’s participation in the newly announced Security Action for Europe (SAFE) scheme, saying that improving the terms of third-party involvement would be “a sincerity test for the EU.”
Greece is maintaining a cautious distance from a proposed European security mechanism for Ukraine, while continuing to engage in high-level political and military discussions, government officials said.
The Greek and Turkish foreign ministers, George Gerapetritis and Hakan Fidan, are expected to meet Wednesday-Thursday on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Antalya to discuss possible dates for a bilateral meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, likely within the next two months.
Greece and Bulgaria have agreed to a temporary five-year deal regulating irrigation along the Arda River, resolving water access issues for northern Evros after the expiration of a 1964 bilateral agreement.
The close defense relations between France and Greece were affirmed Monday during the visit of French Minister of Defense Sebastien Lecornu.
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