Bold agenda for Greek-Turkish relations

A day after his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the promotion of a "bold agenda" in Greek-Turkish relations with the ultimate aim of bringing the basic bilateral dispute, namely the delimitation of the continental shelf and the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), to the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

"Even if we do not manage to achieve this, the preservation of a good climate between the two countries - which on the one hand will allow us not to have unnecessary tensions, not to have violations, which in the past have always forced us to react - will allow us to build on the positive agenda. That in itself is an important achievement," Mitsotakis said in an interview with Skai TV on Thursday.

In response to a question about the possibility of criticisms of the...