Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave an interview to CNN on the sidelines of his presence in New York for the UN General Assembly and shortly before his meeting with the President of Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan.
Referring to the upcoming meeting, the Greek Prime Minister noted that “it will be our second meeting since we were re-elected with a strong mandate and I expect to build on the positive momentum that has been created in the relationship between the two countries. We have long disputes, but we will try to resolve them according to international law and especially international law of the sea, the only way available”.
As the Prime Minister said, he expects the two countries to cooperate on the issues of climate change, a common challenge faced by both Greece and Turkey.
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Continuing on the differences between the two countries, Mr. Mitsotakis noted that “they are long and we have a basic difference with Turkey, the definition of maritime zones in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean. It’s not easy to resolve, but that doesn’t mean we can’t cooperate in other areas or have a degree of Turkish aggression that pushes the two countries to the brink of armed conflict”.
“Even if we agree that we disagree on specific issues that have to do with territorial sovereignty, we can leave the door open and that is what I will seek in my meeting with Erdogan,” said the Greek Prime Minister.
