President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in New York for the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, received Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Greece at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
During the meeting, bilateral relations between Türkiye and Greece as well as regional and global issues were discussed.
Stating that Türkiye and Greece can move forward with confident steps towards the future on the basis of good neighborliness, President Erdoğan pointed out that strengthening the dialogue between the two countries and acting in accordance with the wording and spirit of the Athens Declaration will benefit both countries.
Stressing that Israel's attacks in various regions, particularly Gaza, target innocent civilians as well as the peace of the region, President Erdoğan added that there is a risk that the crisis will spread to the region and that it is important to put pressure on Israel in order to ensure that humanitarian aid is delivered to Gaza without impediments.
