Mitsotakis-Erdogan Meeting in New York Likely Canceled

A planned gathering betwixt Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan connected the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly successful New York is present improbable to instrumentality place, according to Greek authorities sources.

A elder authoritative cited "very heavy" scheduling conflicts for Mr. Mitsotakis connected Wednesday arsenic the superior crushed the gathering appears hard to hold.

The authoritative stressed, however, that Greece remains committed to keeping connection channels with Turkey unfastened and that "there volition beryllium different opportunities for the 2 leaders to meet."

The root besides pushed backmost against reports that Greece had announced the gathering prematurely, insisting it was a pre-agreed engagement.

"Our broadside was wide during the enactment of the meeting," the authoritative said. "We ever denote our meetings successful advance, portion Turkey usually does not.”

The imaginable cancellation comes amid ongoing diplomatic efforts by some countries to de-escalate long-standing tensions successful the Aegean.