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Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras discussed the upcoming tripartite meetings with Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and Israel Sunday.

The two met in Brussels, where the European Council on Brexit took place.

Greece and Cyprus will meet separately with Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and Israel on December 20.

The Greek government could discuss the timing of a possible new bond issue after next week's meeting of eurozone finance ministers which is expected to decide on debt relief measures for Athens, the economy minister said.

Greece's Alternate Defense Minister Fotis Kouvelis said on Thursday nobody can really say when the two Greek servicemen who have been detained in Turkey since early March will be released from prison.

"Nobody can be specific about when the two soldiers detained in the high security prison of Edirne will be released," he told lawmakers during a debate in a parliamentary committee.

Draft legislation that aims to grant same-sex couples the right to adopt a child has divided leftist SYRIZA, with several MPs raising objections to the proposed reform, arguing Greek society is not "ready" for such a change.

Greece's Alternate Defense Minister Fotis Kouvelis has expressed concern that tension in the Aegean will persist following the decision by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to call a snap election for June 24.

In comments on Friday, Greece's Alternate Defense Minister Dimitris Vitsas said that Turkey's transgressions and hostile behavior in the region will not be tolerated by the international community.

Finance Ministry sources shot down claims by Alternate Social Security Minister Rania Antonopoulou about the payment of taxes in 12 installments, saying such a measure is not on the table.

Greece's Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Katrougalos has told deputies from the country's Eastern Aegean Region that the European Commission will not approve of visa validation at island ports, Greek media reported on Feb. 8.

Greece’s European creditors are requesting the country’s Finance Minister, Euclid Tsakalotos sign a written document guaranteeing his government would refrain from unilateral actions in the future similar to the recent social benefits PM Alexis Tsipras granted to pensioners.

Greece’s Alternate Minister for National Defence Dimitris Vitsas admitted that the borders between Greece and its neighbouring countries in the north would not open, in an interview on Mega TV, Thursday morning.