(ANSA-AFP) - ATHENS, NOV 8 - The foreign ministers of Greece
and Turkey on Friday agreed to continue improving their
relations to boost trade and seek common ground on how to
resolve their longstanding territorial differences. "We
confirmed our will to maintain the (positive) climate we have
managed to build," Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis
said. "I believe that we can resolve our differences with our
neighbour Greece with mutual respect and on the basis of
international law," added his visiting counterpart Hakan Fidan.
Last December, Greece and Turkey restarted high-level talks to
reduce tensions when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
visited Athens for the first time in six years. The visit came
after a long period of tension marked by disputes over
migration, energy exploration in the Aegean and territorial
sovereignty. Erdogan had earlier questioned century-old treaties
and even threatened to invade Greek Aegean islands. (ANSA-AFP).
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