Overview

• Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Greece for the first time in six years, promising a 'win-win' approach to mend strained relations.
• Erdoğan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis showed a marked departure from the testy rhetoric of the past few years, signaling a significant push to improve ties.
• The two leaders discussed longstanding disputes, including maritime boundaries and exploration rights for resources in the Aegean Sea and eastern Mediterranean.
• Several cooperation agreements were signed, including one on migration that establishes communication channels between the coast guards of the two countries.
• Mitsotakis backed holiday visas for Turks visiting Greek islands and supported Ankara’s request to ease travel restrictions for Turkish nationals in the European Union.