Mitsotakis Says Greece Is Ready to Restart Talks With Turkey
- Departure of Turkish survey ship, helping to ease tensions
- Turkey reiterates that it won’t give up its claims to area
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said his country is ready to start a new round of talks with Turkey after its neighbor decided to remove a survey ship, called Oruc Reis, from contested waters in the eastern Mediterranean.
“The return of Oruc Reis is a positive first step,” Mitsotakis said Sunday at a news conference from the northern city of Thessaloniki. “The point is to have continuity,” and since there is a de-escalation from Turkey, Greece is always ready to sit at the table of exploratory talks to discuss the demarcation of maritime zones, he said.