Positive agenda to dominate Erdogan visit

A wide range of so-called "low diplomacy" issues will be revised on Thursday when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan travels to Athens, accompanied by a number of Turkish government ministers. Athens believes that the High Council meeting agreed upon during Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' meeting with Erdogan in Vilnius last July could foster not just political discussion and confidence building measures, but also a positive agenda on a number of subjects.

According to Turkish media, among the issues the two leaders will discuss are also developments in Gaza, the roadmap of Greek-Turkish relations and the effort to reach an agreement on the continental shelf. The meeting between the two leaders is expected to address issues of the two countries' minorities, as well as their positions on energy issues in the East Mediterranean region.

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