Türkiye hopes Aegean, Mediterranean will be ‘seas of friendship’: Akar

Türkiye hopes Aegean, Mediterranean will be ‘seas of friendship’: Akar

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Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar says Ankara and Athens can tackle these issues in keeping with a spirit of alliances.

Panagiotopoulos also voices the will to establish stability in bilateral relations with Ankara.
Panagiotopoulos additionally voices the need to ascertain stability in bilateral relations with Ankara.
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Türkiye expressed its need to make the Aegean and Mediterranean “seas of friendship and solidarity”, in accordance with the nation’s defence chief.

Hulusi Akar, in a joint news convention along with his Greek counterpart Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos within the quake-hit southern Hatay province on Tuesday, stated Türkiye is “striving” to have good relations with its neighbour Greece.

There are some “problems” between the 2 international locations, Akar stated, noting: “As two civilized countries, Türkiye and Greece can address these problems in line with a spirit of alliances, via a peaceful manner, mutual respect, and dialogue.”

“We believe that this would be mutually beneficial,” he stated.

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For his half, Panagiotopoulos additionally voiced the need to ascertain stability in bilateral relations and stated tragedies akin to earthquakes present “how small” the prevailing issues are between Greece and Türkiye.

On February 6, magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 quakes struck 11 Turkish provinces. Around 14 million folks in Türkiye have been affected by the quakes.

“The world has been facing challenges in terms of security recently,” he additionally careworn, including that the 2 international locations should work collectively in opposition to such safety challenges.

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Source: AA

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