Mitsotakis, Erdogan hoping for a reset

Greek officials hope that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, their first in 16 months, will solidify the recent relatively calm relationship between the two countries and keep the communication channels open.

But the Greek government government is also aware that Turkey's aspirations to dominate in the Eastern Mediterranean, along with the "Blue Homeland" expansionist policy, are pillars of Turkey's policy and that the recurrent flare-ups of the past few years are the direct result of Turkey's ambitions for regional dominance.

There will be three separate meetings between Greek and Turkish officials on the sidelines of the two-day NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. One between Mitsotakis and Erdogan, where other officials will also be present; the second, between the new foreign ministers, Giorgos...