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Dendias, Cavusoglu to discuss prospect of Mitsotakis-Erdogan summit
Turkish foreign minister Mevlet Cavusoglu has confirmed that he is to hold talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on 14 April and said that the aim of the meeting is to lay the groundwork for a summit meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Egypt: No talks with Turkey on maritime zones
Greek Foreign Minister Dendias met with his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo
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Dendias holds first phone call with Blinken
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias held his first phone call earlier on Monday with US State Secretary Anthony Blinken, the foreign ministry said.
The two officials discussed bilateral relations and ways of further enhancing the strategic cooperation between the two countries, with an emphasis on energy and defence.
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Dendias, Maas speak ahead of FAC meeting
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Monday held a telephone call with his German counterpart Heiko Maas in view of the upcoming Foreign Affairs Council which is responsible for the EU's external action.
In a tweet, Dendias said the conversation focused on recent regional developments.
No more details were immediately available.
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Greek diplomacy ticks off Turkey
The "Philia (Friendship) Forum" that brought together in Athens four Mediterranean states (Cyprus, Egypt, France and Greece) and three Gulf states (Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) on Thursday apparently touched a raw nerve in Turkey, which reacted with a strongly worded statement by Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy.
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Informal meeting on Cyprus issue in March
An informal five-party summit on the Cyprus issue is to reportedly take place in the US under the auspices of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in early March.
The conference will be hosted at Greentree on Long Island, at a UN resort where other similar meetings have taken place in the past.
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Greek FM congratulates Blinken on confirmation as US Secretary of State
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has congratulated veteran diplomat Antony Blinken on his confirmation Tuesday as US Secretary of State.
"I look forward to working together to further strengthen the robust Greece-US partnership, to promote peace and stability in the broader region and to enhance the transatlantic bond founded on shared values," Dendias tweeted.
Dendias meets German ambassador
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Friday met with Germany's Ambassador to Greece, Ernst Reichel.
Talks focused on bilateral and regional issues, the Foreign Ministry tweeted.
No more information was immediately available.
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Parliamentary debate on territorial waters extension given extra day
A debate in Parliament on a Foreign Ministry bill extending Greece's territorial waters in the Ionian Sea was granted an additional day, with the vote now expected on Wednesday instead of Tuesday.
According to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, the discussion was extended to two days from one to give lawmakers wishing to present their position on the issue ample time to do so.
Dendias to brief opposition representatives on foreign policy developments
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will hold meetings with representatives of Greece's opposition parties on Monday, as part of their regular briefing on current foreign policy issues.