Greek, Turkish diplomatic balancing act continues

Greek and Turkish foreign ministers Giorgos Gerapetritis and Hakan Fidan are set to meet amid challenging conditions to maintain scheduled talks.

Meetings are planned either on Tuesday or Wednesday in Brussels or at the OSCE meeting in Malta. Concurrently, other diplomatic processes, including the positive agenda and political dialogue, are ongoing.

For now, the Greece-Cyprus electrical interconnection project remains pending, with the Italian ship Ievoli Relume operating in Greek waters.

On Monday, deputy foreign ministers Kostas Fragogiannis and Mehmet Kemal Bozay announced the Hackathon Turkey-Greece 2024-25 to promote innovation.

Intense diplomatic efforts are also continuing for the joint OSCE candidacy of Feridun Sinirlioglu of Turkey and Mania Telalian of Greece. The consensus process will conclude by Wednesday, with formal approval expected...