Turkey summoned the Greek military attache and filed a complaint with NATO after Greek fighter jets allegedly harassed Turkish fighter jets that were conducting an important mission for the military alliance, Turkey's state-run news agency reported Tuesday.
Noting that the meeting took place in a very frank atmosphere, Tatar emphasised that assessments were made on the development of mutual relations between the two countries.
The Greek PM also spoke of great challenges from Turkey’s leadership, which would be better off focusing on its country’s economy.
"I remain in close touch with all concerned Allies to find a solution to the tensions in the spirit of NATO solidarity," he said in a statement posted on Twitter.
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday that despite difficulties a "positive first step was made", following the dinner of the UN Secretary-General and the two Cyprus leaders, in Berlin, In-cyprus reports.
The interesting point is that at this stage the two main candidates will struggle to win the support of the Nicos Anastasiades, who came third in the first round of election, to be able to win in the second and final round of the elections.
The Co-Chairs’ statement reiterated once again the three principles of the international law that form the basis of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution, namely the non-use of force or threat of force, territorial integrity, and the equal rights and self-determination of peoples.
The visit follows the arrest of nine Turkish citizens in Athens who are charged with a coup d'etat on the Revolutionary National Liberation Party which was responsible for the bombings carried out by suicide bombers. According to some rumors, the terrorists plotted something on the occasion of Erdogan's visit.
"Our president will be the first Turkish president visiting Greece in 65 years. I think this visit will yield significant results," he added.
At the same time on certain issues Turkey is not ready to compromise and insists on the need of its military presence (even with small number) on the island, which makes difficulties in reaching an agreement. This, most probably, at the current stage of the negotiations is the most difficult issue, over which Greece is not ready to compromise.
According to the same statement the teams of negotiators from either side will step up meetings in Cyprus ahead of the Geneva summit to mark further progress on other issues that remain unresolved. The leaders will meet as necessary.
So far the leaders of the Turkish and Greek Cyprus have been trying to resolve internal problems and they have reached agreements on most of the issues. There are couple of issues left which are crucial and need "give-and-take" process that the leaders have to engage.
What is it meant under "territorial adjustment" and how do the positions of the two sides collide?
The two leaders have returned to Cyprus to plan the way forward. Officials attending the meetings did not make any statement about the substance of the negotiations.
We have come to a point where the willpower, political courage and decisiveness factors weigh more heavily than the time factor.
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Negotiations on the Cyprus issue were stopped in October 2014, after Turkey started seismic exploration of hydrocarbons in the economic zone of Cyprus. In March Ankara announced about recalling its mission, which was conducting exploration works in Cyprus shelf.
"We achieved change and my policy will be focused on reaching a peace settlement,"- Mustafa Akinci told thousands of supporters at a victory rally on Sunday,-"This country cannot tolerate any more wasted time."
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