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We are going through a week of important news for the launch of the bilateral dialogue processes between Greece and Turkey, with the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, making a two-day visit to Ankara and Athens, while there is no rule out a meeting with Nikos in a week. Mevlüt Tsavousoglu.
In the wake of European Council decisions, Athens and Ankara are preparing for the inquiry warrant process, but so far the setting of a concrete date remains up in the air, with the neighbor insisting from time to time on inflammatory rhetoric.
The ball is in Turkey’s court for the start of exploratory contacts, since after the European Union Summit, Greece declares itself ready at any time, but a date has not yet been set, government spokesman Stelios clarified Petsas.
Mr Petsas stated, however, that the Greek side does not expect any problems.
Talks are reportedly being delayed by the Turkish side, which is concerned about the timing of the investigations, although it is estimated that the date will not be long in coming.
The government spokesman also insisted that the results of the Summit are a national success and when asked how the sanctions will be imposed on Turkey if in the next two months until the next European Council it commits further violations of our national sovereignty, he replied that Ankara seems to be following logically and estimated that, once the exploratory contacts have started, it will continue on that path. 
Barvitsiotis: Turkey bears the cost of delay
Along the same lines, the Deputy Minister of European Affairs, Miltiadis Barvitsiotis, blamed the delay in exploratory contacts in Ankara.
Responding to a question (Alpla 9.89) about the initiation of exploratory contacts, he noted that “until now, by not giving a date for exploratory contacts, Turkey bears the cost of not making them.” The context is clear and from now on ahead the delays are in Turkey. “
According to him, “Turkey has two paths ahead: one is the normalization of its relations with Europe, which passes through the normalization of its relations with Greece and Cyprus, and the other is the path of alienation. from the European context, which will lead to severe economic sanctions for Turkey. “
At the same time, he made special reference to the possibility of activating sanctions against Turkey, in case of unilateral actions or provocations, to put an end to the violations of the sovereign rights of the Republic of Cyprus, to configure the framework of the Greek-Turkish disputes , so that only the definition of maritime zones and, finally, in the first inclusion of the issue of Varosia.
In the same context, he stressed that the Council’s conclusions have sent a clear message to Ankara. 
Tsavousoglou challenges Stoltenberg
Meanwhile, Jens Stoltenberg was in Ankara on Monday, and Mevlüt Tsavousoglu asked Greece for a change to the NATO Secretary General.
“Greece sent warships to the research we did on our continental shelf,” he said characteristically.
The Ankara “hawk” noted that he remains in favor of unconditional dialogue, always keeping the “Blue Homeland” at the back of his mind.
“The Turkish armed forces will continue to defend, as they do today, the interests and rights of our country and the KDP in every part of the Blue Homeland, namely the Black Sea, the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean,” he said. 
Stoltenberg’s message for dialogue
However, Jens Stoltenberg expressed optimism that an agreement between Greece and Turkey to avoid military tensions and accidents could lead to diplomatic negotiations to resolve long-standing differences between the two countries.
“The decompression mechanism can help create space for diplomatic efforts,” Stoltenberg said at a joint press conference with Tsavousoglu.
“I strongly hope that the underlying differences can now be clearly addressed through negotiations in the spirit of allied solidarity and international law,” he said. 
Stoltenberg in Athens tomorrow
Stoltenberg is expected to be in Athens tomorrow Tuesday, where he will meet Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at 10:30.
The meeting will take place in the Palacio de los Máximo and later it will be followed by statements to the press.
Stoltenberg is also expected to meet with Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and National Defense Minister Nikos Panayotopoulos.
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