EXTERNAL ACTION / Mediterranean

Lack of dialogue between Athens and Ankara, Mr Varvitsiótis and Mr Çavuşoğlu pass the buck

Brussels, 10/09/2020 (Agence Europe)

Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiádis Varvitsiótis and the head of Turkish diplomacy, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, called for dialogue between their two countries on Thursday 10 September in two separate hearings in the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, as the situation in the eastern Mediterranean remains very tense. However, they each accused the other party of being responsible for the lack of such dialogue.

Thus, according to Mr Varvitsiótis, “Greece is determined to...