Confidence-building measures
Turkey attaches ‘great importance’ to CBM meetings, defense ministry sources say
Turkey attaches "great importance" to the meetings with Greece to discuss Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) and notes the importance of dialogue between the two sides, sources at the Turkish defence ministry said on Thursday, during the regular weekly press briefing.
The sources also referred to the next meeting to discuss CBMs, which is being scheduled for April 22.
Athens, Ankara resume talks after long break
After a three-year and nine-month hiatus, the meeting on confidence building measures (CBMs) between Greece and Turkey took place on Monday in Ankara, with the two countries agreeing to begin the implementation of the previously agreed-upon measures on the list.
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Defense ministers agree to keep channels open
As part of the effort to maintain open channels of communication between Greek and Turkish officials, the defense ministers of both countries, Nikos Panagiotopoulos and Hulusi Akar, spoke on the phone on Thursday, with both agreeing to develop an agenda based on good-neighborly relations and international law.
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Greek, Turkish defense ministers hold telephone conversation ahead of NATO meeting
Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos and his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar held a telephone conversation Wednesday ahead of the meeting of NATO ministers of defense in Brussels February 12-13, Kathimerini reports.
Greece, Turkey to launch new round of CBMs
Notwithstanding lingering tension in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean, Greece and Turkey plan to launch a new round of talks on confidence building measures, or CBMs.
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Turkey seeking to include refugee issue in CBMs
Athens is reportedly wary of Ankara's attempt to incorporate the migrant and refugee issue into the framework of confidence-building measures (CBMs) between the two countries.
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Apostolakis expresses concerns over Greek-Turkish military accident
Describing Turkey as a "difficult neighbour", Defence Minister Evangelos Apostolakis has underlined that accumulated tensions could lead to a military accident and escalation.
Apostolakis announces Greek-Turkish CBMs agreement for 2019-2020
Katrougalos: Dialogue on CBMs with Turkey, no concessions on sovereign rights
"Greece seeks dialogue but it will not cede anything that belongs to her based on international law. With seriousness, lucidity, self-confidence, and national unity we have nothing to fear," writes Foreign Minister Yorgos Katrougalos in an article in the Athens daily Ta Nea.
Head of Greek delegation in CBM talks resigns
The head of the Greek delegation which is holding talks with their Turkish counterparts on reviving confidence building measures (CBMs) resigned on Monday, after Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis rejected his suggestion that talks should be interrupted until after the national elections.
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