Turkey
Cyprus conference in Switzerland was not a failure, says Foreign Minister Kotzias
The Cyprus issue did not end in Switzerland and the conference in Crans-Montana as not a failure, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said in an interview with private TV channel ANT1 on Tuesday.
Kotzias on Cyprus deadlock: Turkey wanted ‘army of putschists’ to guarantee peace on the island
Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Monday laid the blame for the collapse of the Cyprus talks in Crans Montana squarely at Turkey’s door, responding with some plain talk to questions from the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA).
Greece MFA: Just as Turkey abandoned the first Conference, in Geneva, it torpedoed the second
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Turkey bears “serious responsibilities” for the collapse of Cyprus talks in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, which has led to an impasse and the failure of the International Conference on Cyprus, revealing and reaffirming Turkey’s true intentions towards international law and UN resolutions.
Crans Montana: The prospect for a solution to the Cyprus issue is still open
The Conference on Cyprus ended early on Friday in Crans Montana, Switzerland, without a solution. Turkey’s intransigent stance on the Turkish troops’ stay on the island and its rigid insistence on maintaining the intervention rights and guarantees for at least 15 years until their re-examination was one of the main reasons that led the negotiations […]
A Wolf Crying Wolf: How Turkey take distorted view of what’s happening beyond its borders
By George Kaklikis* It’s nothing out of the ordinary for Turkey to take and promulgate a distorted view of what’s happening beyond its borders. The Turkish foreign ministry rebuked Greece for its statements regarding the recitation of extracts from the Koran at the Hagia Sophia museum.
Declaration on the Submissive and Self-Destructive Policy Being Adopted Which Places Cyprus in Extreme Danger
Translated from the original Greek by George Gilson The Second Conference of the Group of Ten on the Cyprus Problem took place in Paphos, Cyprus, on Saturday, 1 July. The Group of Ten is comprised of ambassadors, military generals, and academics who have long-term knowledge of and experience with the Cyprus Problem. The participants, who […]
Ankara’s intransigence undermined a serious effort to resolve Cyprus problem, ND’s Koumoutsakos says
Ankara’s intransigence on security issues and the presence of occupation troops as well as its insistence on maintaining unreasonable intervention rights in Cyprus have undermined a very serious effort to resolve the Cyprus problem, main opposition New Democracy (ND) shadow foreign minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos said on Friday. He noted that the international community is well […]
UN chief Guterres: Despite progress toward Cyprus solution, much work remains to be done
CRANS MONTANA (ANA/ S. Aravopoulou) United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday urged all sides involved in the Cyprus talks to continue negotiating in a constructive spirit as they have done, in order to take the bold decisions needed to find a common ground.
Team Greece crush rivals Turkey to reach semi-finals of Eurobasket Women 2017
Greece’s women’s national basketball team utterly dominated the court against rivals Turkey on Thursday, gaining a ticket to the FIBA Eurobasket Womens semi-finals in Prague with a score of 84-55.
President Prokopis Pavlopoulos accepts Erdogan’s request to visit Greece
The Greeks always wanted and will always want relations of friendship and good neighbourliness with Turkey, as there are :more things that unite us than divide us,” Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Monday in a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim in Athens.