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Erdoğan, Mitsotakis find common ground amid disagreement on Hamas

Erdoğan, Mitsotakis find common ground amid disagreement on Hamas

“Let’s agree to disagree,” said the Greek PM when Erdoğan hailed Hamas as a national liberation group.

Mitsotakis to Erdoğan: 'If we had 85 percent inflation, I'd be trying to change the subject too'

Mitsotakis to Erdoğan: 'If we had 85 percent inflation, I'd be trying to change the subject too'

Türkiye has adopted an "increasingly aggresive" stance towards Greece to deflect attention away from the its economic spiral," according to Greece's PM.

4 November 2022

Erdoğan, Mitsotakis trade barbs over Aegean dispute

Erdoğan, Mitsotakis trade barbs over Aegean dispute

The president took his time yesterday to address Greece's prime minister, who marked Türkiye's "increasingly aggressive rhetoric."

'Focus on positive agenda': President Erdoğan, Greece’s PM Mitsotakis meet in İstanbul

'Focus on positive agenda': President Erdoğan, Greece’s PM Mitsotakis meet in İstanbul

President Erdoğan received Prime Minister of Greece Mitsotakis in İstanbul. The PM also met Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. A day later, Mitsotakis has announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating.

Greece’s PM Mitsotakis urges EU sanctions on Turkey

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Greece’s PM Mitsotakis urges EU sanctions on Turkey

“Western moderation often seems to encourage Turkey’s arbitrary behavior,” said Prime Minister of Greece Mitsotakis during a joint press conference with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel during her farewell visit to the country.

29 October 2021

Greece won't accept dialogue with Turkey 'at gunpoint,' says Mitsotakis

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN CRISIS

Greece won't accept dialogue with Turkey 'at gunpoint,' says Mitsotakis

The EU should impose "meaningful sanctions" on Ankara to deter it from carrying out hydrocarbon exploration activities in the contested waters, says Greece's PM.

10 September 2020

Mitsotakis calls on Turkey to "stop provocations" and start talking like 'civilized neighbors'

Mitsotakis calls on Turkey to "stop provocations" and start talking like 'civilized neighbors'

"In the past year and a half, there has been an increased level of provocation by Turkey on several fronts," the PM of Greece has said.