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Foreign Minister pointed out that "the problems of the two countries were not magically solved through dialogue," and underlined that there were also "difficult moments".

According to Prime Minister: "Over the intervening years, however, Europe's policy on migration has changed and has come much closer to the Greek positions".

Mitsotakis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday signed a bilateral agreement for cooperation between Greece and Ukraine on security.

The foreign minister made it clear that there has been and will be no retreat with Turkiye. He estimated that if the dispute regarding the demarcation of the continental shelf and the EEZ with Turkey is not resolved there will be no long-term peace in the region.

A long period of peace and calm can be achieved. However, its consolidation will only be realized when progress is made in the delimitation of maritime zones.

Mitsotakis said they had also agreed with Erdogan to continue the meetings between them, expressing his willingness to visit Ankara in the spring, ahead of their meeting at the NATO summit in July.

The European Parliament report noted that no significant progress has been made in protecting the rights of ethnic and religious minorities, including the rights of the Greek Orthodox population of the islands of Imbros and Tenedos,

Greek exports to Turkey are paid directly in foreign currency and are not affected by the fall of the lira. Turkish export companies have little room for further price depression.

In the letter sent on Tuesday Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias referred to an incident on January 5, in which a Greek coast guard vessel was harassed by a Turkish patrol boat.

Borrell underlined that he will continue to defend this position whenever necessary and concluded his letter to the minister by assuring him of the European Union's solidarity with all its member-states and its continued support for the issue.