Working on a new page in Greek-Turkish relations

The first page of a new, more substantive and, according to some, potentially more promising, chapter in Greek-Turkish relations will be written on Tuesday when the foreign ministers of the two countries meet in Ankara.

Acting on the direction of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, following their positive meeting at the NATO summit in Vilnius, George Gerapetritis and Hakan Fidan will get into the details of how to proceed and set up the agenda for the next meeting of the countries two leaders, to be held in a couple of weeks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Athens would like the two sides to agree to petition the International Court of Justice at The Hague to rule on the delimitation of their continental shelf and maritime jurisdictions.

Most people involved - on both sides, as well as third parties ...