No plans for Turkey defense minister visit

Greece said on Friday that there are no plans in the imminent future for a meeting in Athens between the Greek and Turkish defense ministers, Nikos Dendias and Yasar Guler, respectively, adding that there has not been a relevant invitation.

"Regarding the reports in Turkish media about the visit of Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler to Athens, it is noted that there has been no invitation," Greek Defense Ministry sources said informally on Friday afternoon.

Although the two men have spoken on the phone, their meeting and, by extension, all the procedures for a rapprochement regarding the defense ministries will be postponed to a later date. These processes are likely to include the confidence building measures (CBMs) at the level of the ministries of defense.

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