In the coming period, Athens will focus on managing Greek-Turkish relations and finding the necessary balances to avoid disrupting sensitive ties with other regional actors, within the new framework created by the upgrade of the Greece-Cyprus-Israel Tripartite Cooperation.

The four-day visit of Pope Leo XIV to Turkey began yesterday, with particular symbolic and theological weight, which brings back to the international spotlight, among other things, the issue of the Theological School of Halki, closed since 1971.

Turkey has expressed strong objections to the supplementary maritime spatial planning map recently submitted by Greece to the relevant European Union authority. The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson reiterated Ankara’s longstanding claims related to the “Blue Homeland” doctrine, accusing Greece of attempting to use the maritime spatial planning framework to impose “fait accompli” measures.