FM Gerapetritis: Dialogue with Türkiye will not be stopped

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis referred to the postponement of the gathering betwixt Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

"There was a scheduled gathering betwixt the 2 leaders. It is evident that the docket changed owed to meetings that were highly important. An effort was made to place a mutually convenient clip for the meeting; however, it appears that this effort was unsuccessful. There is nary volition to cease the dialogue", helium stated successful a remark to ERT, stressing that Greece aims for a structured dialog with Türkiye. He besides noted that determination volition beryllium an accidental successful the adjacent aboriginal for the 2 leaders to meet.

Asked astir the narration with Egypt aft his gathering with his Egyptian counterpart, Gerapetritis said determination is strategical practice "which is precise heavy and is processing implicit time." He stressed that determination are galore issues, some bilateral and regional. "Egypt is simply a strategical partner, and we volition proceed efforts to find communal alliances and policies truthful that we tin develop," helium said. Regarding the St Catherine monastery connected Mount Sinai, helium mentioned that pursuing the ecclesiastical normalisation of the monastery's administration, helium is actively moving with his Egyptian counterpart to found an statement that volition guarantee the monastery's continuity and viability portion safeguarding its Greek Orthodox character. "This is an highly analyzable method discussion. It is an contented that goes backmost centuries. Our effort successful the coming play is to find an operational solution truthful that the monastery tin support its unchanged character," helium said.