Overview

• Greek and Turkish foreign ministers met in Athens to discuss demarcating maritime boundaries, with talks set to continue in December.
• Despite tensions, the countries have made efforts over the past 16 months to improve relations, including multiple meetings between their leaders.
• Key issues include the delineation of the continental shelf and exclusive economic zones in the Aegean Sea and eastern Mediterranean.
• Turkey opposes Greece's potential extension of its territorial waters, a move it considers a cause for war, while Greece insists on its rights under international law.
• Both nations emphasized the importance of collaboration on regional stability and addressing illegal migration, amid ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.