Greek PM tells Turkey to end ‘provocations’ for dialogue to begin

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday Greece would start talks with Turkey to resolve a row in the Eastern Mediterranean once Turkish “provocations” ceased.

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“(Our country) can and wants to discuss the demarcation of maritime zones in the Aegean Sea, in the eastern Mediterranean, based on international law. But not under threats,” he said during a meeting with China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi.

“Let the threats go for talks to begin,” Mitsotakis said.

“Once the provocations end, discussions will begin,” he said, adding that Greece’s foreign minister would deliver a letter from him outlining Athens’ case to U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres when the two meet in New York on Friday.

a day after NATO said the allies had agreed to launch technical talks to avoid any accidents in the region.