Turkish FM: taking sea dispute with Greece to International Court an open option

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is leaving open the option for Greece and Turkey jointly petitioning the International Court of Justice in Hague to delimit maritime zones, in an interview to Sunday newspaper "To Vima."

"The option to take the matters of dispute between Turkey and Greece to the International Court of Justice was not discussed explicitly at the meeting between our President and Prime Minister Mitsotakis in London, as this is an issue for a later stage. We do not automatically recognize the compulsory jurisdiction of the ICJ and Greece has a reservation on Court's jurisdiction on maritime boundary delimitation. Yet we are open to all options that are acceptable for both sides but we need to have a process of dialogue to reach such a mutually acceptable outcome." Cavusoglu said.

"Apparently, Turkey is always on the front pages of the Greek press...

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