Erdogan urges Scholz for Germany to undertake impartial stance on East Med

Ankara expects Germany to return to its impartial stance on
Türkiye-Greece relations, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan informed
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz over the telephone, Development reviews citing
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Erdogan and Scholz mentioned the bilateral relations and
regional relations in a telephone name, Türkiye’s Communications
Directorate stated in a press release.

Türkiye and Greece are at odds over quite a lot of points,
together with competing claims over jurisdiction within the Japanese
Mediterranean, overlapping claims over their continental cabinets,
maritime boundaries, airspace, power, the ethnically break up island
of Cyprus, the standing of the islands within the Aegean Sea and
migrants.

Türkiye, a NATO member for over 70 years, has complained of
repeated provocative actions and rhetoric by Greece within the area
in latest months, together with arming islands close to Turkish shores that
are demilitarized beneath treaties, saying that such strikes frustrate
its good religion efforts for peace.

Türkiye and Greece will resolve all points associated to the
Japanese Mediterranean by means of dialogue, German Chancellor Scholz
stated in Athens on Thursday.

“Good neighborly relations, with Türkiye, for instance, are of
significance not only for each nations, however for all of Europe and
trans-Atlantic relations,” he stated throughout a joint information convention
with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Erdogan stated that he attaches “particular significance” to shut
dialogue developed with Scholz to strengthen bilateral relations in
each discipline.

In accordance with a latest examine, greater than half of the contributors
listed Germany as an important companion of Türkiye amongst
European Union nations. Germany, Italy and the UK
ranked because the three most trusted European nations.

Türkiye-EU dialogue, negotiations to replace the customs union
and talks on Türkiye’s EU accession ought to be revived, Erdogan
pressured.

Türkiye-EU relations are marked by disputes on a number of points,
together with tensions within the Japanese Mediterranean, Türkiye’s function in
Syria, the migrant disaster and the stalemate in Türkiye’s accession
course of to hitch the bloc. Nevertheless, Türkiye has not too long ago reiterated
that it’s a part of Europe and sees its future within the EU, including
that it’s going to proceed to work towards full membership. Ankara is
calling to reenergize the accession course of and replace the
Türkiye-EU Customs Union because it advocates for normal high-level
dialogues, visa liberalization and additional counterterrorism
efforts.

Türkiye has the longest historical past with the union and the longest
negotiation course of. The nation signed an affiliation settlement
with the EU’s predecessor in 1964, the European Financial Neighborhood
(EEC), which is often considered a primary step to finally
changing into a candidate. Making use of for official candidacy in 1987,
Türkiye needed to wait till 1999 to be granted the standing of a
candidate nation. For the beginning of the negotiations, nevertheless,
Türkiye needed to wait for one more six years, till 2005, a uniquely
lengthy course of in contrast with different candidates. Lately, the
accession course of appears stalled.