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Turkey open to talks with Greece without preconditions: foreign minister

During a meeting with his German counterpart, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said his government is ready for talks with Greece, but without preconditions.
Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu holds a joint press conference with the German Foreign Affairs minister following their meeting at the Turkish Foreign Ministry in Ankara on August 25, 2020. - The German Foreign minister warned on August 25 that Turkey's standoff with Greece in the eastern Mediterranean was at a "very critical" juncture but stressed that both sides appeared ready to talk. A crisis has been brewing in the eastern Mediterranean, where Turkey is at odds with Greece and the Eur

Turkey says it will hold talks with Greece without preconditions over their intensifying dispute in the oil-rich eastern Mediterranean, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Tuesday, as the two NATO allies held rival naval drills in the contested waters.

“We are open to talks without preconditions,” Cavusoglu said during a press conference with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Ankara. "We are in favor of negotiations for fair sharing, but nobody should lay down preconditions.”

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