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Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Recep Tayyip Erdogan "instructed their foreign ministers to examine whether conditions are suitable for discussions to begin on the delineation of the continental shelf and the exclusive economic zone," Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said, following the two leaders' meeting.

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis will travel to Ankara Tuesday to meet his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan.

Constantinos Filis, the Director of the Institute of Global Affairs and an associate professor of international relations at the American College of Greece, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss his latest piece in Kathimerini in which he makes the case that going to the International Court at the Hague is Greece's best option in order to resolve the key disputes with Turkey in the Aegean. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision to tell reporters that in his meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the sidelines of the NATO summit at Vilnius he brought up the demilitarization of Greece's eastern Aegean islands and Greek officials' subsequent denials are proof of how difficult it will be for Athens and Ankara to reach their stated goals to find common ground, r

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he has "always encouraged" Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the delimitation of maritime zones between the two countries, which is the only issue Athens recognizes as open to negotiations.

Immediately after Greece announced the expansion of its territorial waters in the Ionian Sea from 6 to 12 miles, some in Albania started playing the same old, tired tune: "Greece is making a grab at our seas."

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his readiness on June 11 to discuss the delimitation of maritime zones with Turkey. 

"Greece is always open to a dialogue with Turkey to delimitate the maritime zones," Mitsotakis told an economic forum in the capital Athens.

Vice President of the European Parliament and Rapporteur for Kosovo Ulrike Lunacek welcomed the release of Ramush Haradinaj and urged the EU to compel Serbia to withdraw "outdated arrest warrants", as a condition for the continuation of the Brussels dialogue.

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini called on Turkey to expressly commit to good neighbourly relations and to uphold international agreements. Mrs.

Albanian PM Edi Rama on Wednesday fielded a question on relations with Greece and the recently emerged issue that Tirana tabled regarding the delineation of maritime borders in the Ionian Sea.
Rama answered the press question as he appeared with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic at a press conference. Vucic is on a closely watched on a two-day visit to Tirana.