Greece's visa program for Turkish visitors and the ongoing efforts to maintain calm in the Aegean

03/04/2024 13 min Episodio 963
Greece's visa program for Turkish visitors and the ongoing efforts to maintain calm in the Aegean

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Greece has just opened a new vacation visa terminal for Turkish visitors this week as part of a diplomatic effort to ease long-standing tensions between the two countries. The move follows the signing of a series of agreements between Greece and Turkey during President Erdogan’s meeting with Prime Minister Mitsotakis in Athens in December, most notably the Athens Declaration. Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis to look into this latest initiative, and explore where it fits into ongoing efforts to maintain calm in the Aegean.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Greek islands launch special visa program for Turkish visitors in diplomatic effort to calm regionMaintaining calm relations in the ‘frozen’ Greek-Turkish disputeCyprus to Gaza corridor will continue to operate, Cyprus president saysBlack Hawk helicopter purchase gets green light