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Speaking ahead of the next two Greek-Turkish milestones, the UN General Assembly in New York in mid-September and the High Council between Greece and Turkey toward the end of the year, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis reiterated on Tuesday that the sole fundamental difference between the two countries, namely the delimitation of the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf, can be

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stressed the urgent need to immediately open the Zangezur corridor and achieve a comprehensive peace agreement in order to facilitate normalization between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Ankara is diligently working to maintain the grain corridor to avert a potential global food crisis, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has emphasized, making an appeal for Russia to rejoin the discussions.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan congratulated Greek counterpart Giorgos Gerapetritis on assuming his duties, in a phone call on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry said on a pos on Twitter.

The ministers had a discussion and agreed to meet on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Vilnius, it added.

Türkiye's new Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held his first face-to-face meetings with his counterparts from prominent NATO countries, including the United States, Germany and Italy, with the Swedish accession to the alliance as the top issue of the agenda.

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With around a month left for NATO critical leaders' summit scheduled to take place in Vilnius, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has spoken over the phone with his Swedish and American counterparts separately to reiterate that Türkiye expects Sweden to take concrete steps in line with the trilateral agreement if it wants to join the alliance.

The top jobs at the Foreign and Defense ministries in the new Turkish government have been filled by individuals who are no strangers to Greece, albeit for different reasons. 

Türkiye's newly appointed foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, has emphasized that he will work to further improve "national foreign policy" in line with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's vision and values during his tenure.

News items reported from the Turkish capital Ankara over the last few weeks are not quite consistent with the political predictability that one may have expected from a single-party government led by a president who recently won a referendum gathering all executive power.

Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar spent most of his office hours on July 15, 2016 in preparations for the upcoming Supreme Military Council (YAŞ) meeting, due to convene at the beginning of August. Together with Commander of the Land Forces Gen. Salih Zeki Çolak, Akar went through the lists, reviewing names one by one.