Turkish comment from Greek press: ‘The pass that melted the ice’

In the Greek press news, the comment of “the step that melted the ice” was made for the tripartite meeting held in Brussels on December 16 by the delegations of Turkey, Germany and Greece.

In the evaluation of the tripartite meeting on the Greek news site “cnn.gr”, “although it did not have direct diplomatic results, it helped to break the ice and understand Ankara’s intentions in the coming period. statements were included. In the news, which is based on unnamed sources, the meeting took place in a subdued atmosphere, the presidential spokesman, Ambassador İbrahim Kalın, expressed Ankara’s discomfort in the speech he delivered in the US Congress for the Greek prime minister, Kiryakos Mitsotakis, for failing to comply with the agreement reached in Istanbul. with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

The Greek side was recorded as stating that after Kalin expressed his upset, “Turkish planes made 42 flights over the Greek islands a few days after the Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting.”

In the news, the meeting of the parties after a long time was described as a positive event despite everything.

‘DIALOGUE IS LOGICAL AND ESSENTIAL’

In the Ta Nea newspaper news, it was stated that Athens wanted a dialogue with the thought that “the danger of undesirable situations will increase when the phones do not work”. In the news based on government sources, it was stated that the meeting was held to melt the ice.

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panayotopoulos was reported to have assessed the reopening of communication channels between Athens and Ankara as “logical and inevitable”.

The Kathimerini newspaper also described the meeting as the first sign of the resumption of high-level contacts between Athens and Ankara months later.

The delegations of Turkey, Germany and Greece held a tripartite meeting in Belgium on December 16. Presidential Spokesperson Ambassador İbrahim Kalın, Foreign and Security Policy Adviser to the German Federal Chancellery Jens Plötner and Director of the Greek Prime Minister’s Diplomatic Office Anna-Maria Boura attended the meeting.

Germany and the United States announced that they welcomed the tripartite meeting, which discussed the revitalization of communication channels between Turkey and Greece. (AA)