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French President Emmanuel Macron sent a stern message to Turkey and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday night, emphasizing that Paris was ready to start talks with Ankara, “but”, as he put it, “it needs respect.” .
French President Emanuel Macron noted that respect Turkey and that is ready to talk, but stressed that Ankara must first respect international law and European sovereign rights and clarify the their movements in areas like Libya and Syria.
“We Europeans we are ready to talk, for the effective construction of a Pax Mediterranea, but not with threats, not with the logic of survival of the fittest, with respect to international law, cooperation and respect “Between allies,” Macron said in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly.
“These principles are not negotiable,” he said.
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Foreign Minister: Exploratory contacts between Greece and Turkey begin
Greece and Turkey agreed to initiate exploratory contacts, according to a statement issued by the Greek Foreign Ministry on Tuesday afternoon.
“Greece and Turkey agreed to hold the 61st round of investigative contacts in Istanbul soon,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement, without specifying when it would take place.
In other words, it is not specified whether the meeting of the Greek diplomatic delegation headed by Ambassador Pavlos Apostolidis will take place before or after the EU Summit, where the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean and the aggressive behavior of Turkey will be discussed.
Remember that the European Council Summit will not be held on September 24 and 25, but a week later, on October 1 and 2.
A few hours ago, the Turkish presidency announced that Turkey and Greece are ready to start exploratory talks on the eastern Mediterranean.
Erdogan to Merkel and Michel: Turkey ready for talks
On the initiatives of Greece and the steps that Athens must take to start again Greek-Turkish dialogue, said the president of Turkey on Tuesday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during the teleconference he had with the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, on the evolution in the eastern Mediterranean.
For its part, the Turkish presidency announced that during the tripartite conference it was found that Athens and Ankara are ready to start. exploratory conversations.
According to the same source, the president Erdogan “Turkey is always the one that emphasizes dialogue and negotiation, despite challenges that are contrary to common sense,” he said.
Erdogan estimated that they will take “constructive decisions a regional conference with the participation of all parties, including Turkish Cypriots».
The Turkish president also said that the development of healthy cooperation between the EU. – Turkey will contribute to the solution of regional problems and welcomed the positive contribution of Merkel and Michel, so that the Euro-Turkish relations have a positive agenda.
Sir. Erdogan In his discussions with Merkel and Michel, he stated that “Greece’s steps will be important in terms of how the revitalization of the channels of dialogue between the two parties will be carried out.”
“The steps that Greece must take will be important in terms of how it will be agreed to resume exploratory talks and revitalize other channels of dialogue,” the Turkish president was quoted as saying by Turkish media.
He does not insist that reciprocal movements on both sides are needed to reduce tensions in the eastern Mediterranean.
Finally, all sides (H.H. Merkel, Michel and Erdogan) assessed that the EU cooperation with Turkey on a solid basis will contribute to the solution of the regional problems that have arisen, while expressing satisfaction with the joint efforts to create a positive agenda between the parties involved.
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