Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday that Turkey has offered to resume exploratory talks with Greece on hydrocarbon resources in the Eastern Mediterranean, as Ankara wants to improve ties with the European Union.
The two neighbors and NATO members have been at loggerheads over maritime exploration rights in the Mediterranean, among other issues. “We want to make an official invitation. As of today, we urge Greece to start exploratory talks, with the first meeting to be held within the month of January,” Cavusoglu said. “So Greece has no excuse right now.”
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