Greek Overseas Minister Yorgos Ierapetritis said that his nation helps Turkey's progress in the direction of the European Union (EU).
Talking to reporters forward of the casual European Union (EU) Overseas Ministers Assembly held in Brussels, Ierapetritis highlighted the significance of Turkish Overseas Minister Hakan Fidan’s participation in at present’s assembly.
Yerapetritis said that it’s of crucial significance {that a} Turkish Overseas Minister attends this assembly after a 5-year hiatus.
Emphasizing that the assembly can be a chance to debate Turkey-Europe relations, Yerapetritis mentioned, “Greece is essentially in favor of Turkey’s progress in Europe.”
Ierapetritis said that he discovered the efforts to restart negotiations for the answer of the Cyprus difficulty with the initiative of the United Nations (UN) extraordinarily necessary and that he would talk about these points with Fidan in a bilateral assembly throughout the framework of the assembly held in Brussels at present.
