Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said in an interview that: "with Turkey we have diametrically opposed views on very important issues.
He stressed that this was reaffirmed during Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu's recent visit to Athens.
"I set all the issues that negatively affect our relations with Turkey" he said, adding that it was reaffirmed that Greece remains adamant on its position which is based on the international law."
However, Dendias said that there were some tangible results from Çavuşoğlu's visit, such as the mutual recognition of the vaccination certificates.
A list of programmes of economic cooperation was also approved.
Additionally, Turkey listened to Greece's concerns regarding the under-construction nuclear energy plant in Akkuyu.
Additionally, during Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' meeting with Çavuşoğlu, it was agreed a meeting at leadership level will take place on the sidelines of the NATO Summit later this month.
On the exploratory talks with Turkey, Dendias said that his Turkish counterpart committed to propose dates for the 63rd round of the exploratory talks that will be held Turkey.
Meanwhile, Dendias also visited Kosovo yesterday.
He met with Prime Minister Albin Kurti, President Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu Parliament President Glauk Konjufca, and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz of the breakway Serbian province.
“The government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis remains firmly supportive of this commitment,” Dendias said from Kosovo, “and we have assumed several initiatives in this direction.”
Greece has worked toward ensuring that the Western Balkans issue remains high on the EU agenda, he said, explaining that it was “on the basis of the consistent belief that this region must comprise an integral part of the European project.”
“We must not allow other powers to undermine the fragile stability of our region by trying to establish spheres of influence or to establish a base on the excuse of cultural, historical or religious relationships,” he said in indirect reference to Turkey.
“In other words, we believe that the Western Balkans belong to Europe,” he added.
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