Canceled Greek, Turkish leaders’ NY talks stir political debate

The cancellation of a planned gathering successful New York betwixt Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stirred governmental statement successful Athens, with absorption parties denouncing overseas argumentation missteps.

For his part, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said the gathering was postponed owed to scheduling conflicts, but emphasized: “There is nary question of stopping the dialogue. What we want to execute with Turkey is simply a structured dialog that recognizes the value of communication, so that crises are not produced.”

He added that a gathering betwixt the two leaders would beryllium arranged successful the adjacent future.

Gerapetritis besides highlighted Greece’s “strategic cooperation” with Egypt aft talks with his Egyptian counterpart.

The opposition, however, sharply criticized the canceled Erdogan meeting. Socialist PASOK person Nikos Androulakis called the postponement grounds of “amateurism” astatine the Foreign Ministry, accusing the authorities of “propaganda” implicit claims of calm relations with Turkey.

Leftist SYRIZA’s Sokratis Famellos called Mitsotakis “dangerous for nationalist interests,” while the Greek communist enactment KKE said the cancellation reflected a Turkish “diplomatic amusement of force.”

Far close nationalist enactment Greek Solution’s Kyriakos Velopoulos charged that Greece’s enactment had go “unwelcome” internationally.