Pending the Extraordinary Council meeting on 24 and 25 September, which is now scheduled for 1 and 2 October (see EUROPE B12565A18), Greece and Turkey are taking further steps towards a dialogue on the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean.
During a videoconference on 22 September, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, therefore reportedly stated that “Turkey and Greece are...