Turkey Foreign Minister Mevlyut Chavushoglu made a statement regarding Ankara relations with Athens in an interview with NTV TV channel.
“We could not work with Greece for five years in the framework of existing mechanisms and pursue political advice. Its negative attitude to this issue. Preliminary negotiations were suspended. After the political isolation of Turkey, there was an exacerbation in Eastern Mediterranean. In this intervened European Union (EU) and various countries, “he said.
Chavushoglu stressed that Ankara is ready to sit at the negotiating table with Greece.
“Negotiations with Greece recently resumed. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of this country Nikos Denndias today will visit Ankara. We are planning to meet in the atmosphere of benevolence. Dialogue with Greece and high-level visits are extremes. We do not need EU or other countries. To spend a meeting with Greece. There are questions that we cannot agree with this country. But we need to talk about it openly, “he said.