Greece seeking restart with Turkey

Following the widely anticipated victory of Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his country's presidential election, Athens is continuing its strategy of gradually and steadily reopening the numerous avenues of communication between Greece and Turkey.

On the formal front, Greece's caretaker Prime Minister Ioannis Sarmas congratulated Erdogan in a letter, wishing the Turkish people peace and prosperity.

Meanwhile, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Mega TV on Monday that if he wins re-election on June 25, he will try to see Erdogan on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11 and 12. 

In terms of timing, after June 25, the process of discussions on confidence building measures (CBMs) is expected to resume at the level of the ministries of National Defense, with exploratory contacts and political dialogue at the level of the ministries of...