UPDATES WITH AKAR'S REMARKS OVER HIS MEETING WITH APOSTOLAKIS
By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet
ANKARA (AA) – The Turkish and Greek defense ministers have agreed to establish technical working groups to address issues including confidence-building measures, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
On the sidelines of a NATO meeting in Brussels, Turkey's Hulusi Akar and Greece's Evangelos Apostolakis met and discussed current issues between the two countries, the ministry said in a statement.
Following the meeting, Akar told Anadolu Agency: “We should work to find peaceful solutions to our problems as two friendly and neighboring countries. ”
Their meeting comes off the heels of last week's official visit to Turkey of Alexis Tsipras, Greece's prime minister.
Later on Wednesday, Akar met with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and discussed issues related to the alliance.
Akar also held meetings with his Georgian counterpart Levan Izoria, Montenegrin counterpart Predrag Boskovic and Italian counterpart Elisabetta Trenta.
*Sarp Ozer contributed from Brussels.
