Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited Türkiye on Wednesday as part of a large delegation for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Details of the closed-door discussions were not immediately made public but, according to diplomatic sources, the two sides were expected to discuss bilateral ties, ongoing disputes over their maritime borders and issues related to east–west migration.
After the talks, Erdoğan and Mitsotakis presided over the sixth meeting of the Türkiye–Greece High-Level Cooperation Council, which was also attended by cabinet ministers from both countries.
At a joint press conference held afterwards, Erdoğan insisted that both Türkiye and Greece were committed to improving relations.
He also said the two countries should keep communication channels open “as two neighbouring allies committed to cooperation.”
Erdoğan went on to describe the issue of maritime borders as “complex but not unsolvable” when approached within the framework of international law.
Despite decades of mutual tension, especially over the island of Cyprus, Türkiye and Greece are both longstanding members of NATO.
In 2023, they issued a landmark joint declaration underlining their shared commitment to achieving and maintaining friendly relations and “good neighbourliness.”
Nevertheless, Athens and Ankara remain at odds over a range of issues, including their maritime boundary in the Aegean Sea, an area widely believed to contain significant untapped energy resources.
Last December, Greece announced plans to strengthen its military presence on several Aegean islands.
The following month, Athens said it reserved the right to extend its territorial waters by up to 12 nautical miles, a move regarded by Ankara as a potential casus belli.
On the eve of the Greek prime minister’s visit, a spokesperson for Türkiye’s ruling AK Party warned that the arming of certain Aegean islands by Greece could lead to what he described as “negative consequences”
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