Reference to Greek-Turkish relations made the representative of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), OMr.after the closure of the Central Executive Committee, which met under his chairmanship Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
In particular, according to trthaber, he said that “developments in the Aegean, relations with Greece are always on our agenda, as you know. Of course the problems continue at this time, but there is cooperation on a new agenda item and the process of dialogue between us continues at this time.”
At the same time, he also referred to the joint action of Athens and Ankara to support candidates from both countries (Feridun Sinirioglu and Mania Telalian) for assuming key positions in the OSCE.
It characteristically stated that “In the context of Turkish-Greek cooperation, significant progress has been achieved with the submission of a joint candidacy to the OSCE. Ambassador Feridun Sinirlioglu has been nominated as a candidate for Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the diplomat Greek Mania Telalian has been nominated as a candidate for director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. This is a result of the dialogue that has developed recently.”