UPDATES WITH AKAR'S MEETINGS WITH OTHER OFFICIALS
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.
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 met with his Georgian counterpart Levan Izoria and Montenegrin counterpart Predrag Boskovic.
*Sarp Ozer contributed from Brussels.
