Mitsotakis to meet Erdogan on May 13 in Ankara

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (r) greets the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan (l), aft the extremity of their gathering successful Athens connected December 7. [Dimitris Papamitsos/PM's Press Office]

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced that helium volition conscionable Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan connected May 13 successful Ankara.

The 2 leaders past met successful December successful Athens.

In a connection aft the extremity of the bonzer European acme successful Brussels, Mitsotakis, aft confirming the date, described Turkey’s absorption to Greece’s declaration connected the instauration of marine biology parks successful the Aegean Sea arsenic wholly unjustified.

“Greece exercises its sovereign rights successful the Aegean Sea connected the ground of planetary instrumentality and the instrumentality of the oversea and I americium impressed by this wholly unjustified absorption of Turkey to an initiative, which yet has an biology characteristic,” Mitsotakis said.

He added that helium does not deliberation that the betterment successful Greek-Turkish relations means that Turkey’s positions regarding the delimitation of maritime zones person automatically changed.

Asked astir the conclusions of the acme connected Euro-Turkish relations, Mitsotakis stressed that these are satisfactory for some Greece and Cyprus arsenic they are based connected the model of erstwhile European Council decisions that specify however EU-Turkish relations tin beryllium improved.

Regarding the caller situation successful the Middle East, Mitsotakis noted that accent was placed connected preventing an escalation of the conflict. “I deliberation it is highly important that the substance of the conclusions besides refers to the concern successful Gaza. The situation is specified that it requires an contiguous ceasefire,” helium said.