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Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-12-03
CONTENTS
[01] Turkish FM's interview
[01] Turkish FM's interview
(ANA-MPA) -- Greek-Turkish relations and the long-standing Cyprus issue
dominated an interview given by Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu this week and broadcast on Thursday by Greece's state-run
television network.
Davutoglu referred to political dialogue and a high-profile letter sent
by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to his Greek counterpart
George Papandreou, stressing that "there should be more dialogue,
structured discussions. In today's meeting (with PM George Papandreou
on the margins of an OSCE ministerial meeting on Wednesday) I was very
glad to see that we are concerned about the same issues. For this
reason, the meeting (with the Greek prime minister) was very
productive. I am very pleased.
The visiting Turkish foreign minister added: "We had excellent meetings
in Istanbul. Afterwards, the Prime Minister (Erdogan) addressed a
letter to the Greek prime minister and in the meeting we had today we
had the opportunity to exchange views of issues mentioned by the prime
minister in his letter as well as on the vision concerning
Greek-Turkish relations.
"I am in the pleasant position to say that I have observed a common
vision as regards bilateral relations and the way we view our common
future.
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