This kind of move is not helpful for finding solutions. We also noticed that this exercise started after the establishment of the new government in Greece. Turkey's Anatolia News Agency reported from Athens that in an interview with the Athens News Agency during his visit to Rome, Demirel said Turkey was prepared for comprehensive talks with Greece. Responding to a question about whether Turkey was considering applying to The Hague International Court of Justice, because the attempts to establish a dialogue between Ankara and Athens had all failedi. The president said Turkey, Greece and Italy were three Mediterranean countries which were well aware of their responsibilities.
Turkey wishes to hold talks and find solutions to the problems through dialogue.
We insist on the need of finding solutions through dialogue. The Turkish Foreign Ministry thanked Athens for Greece's help in the rescue of a Turkish pilot and subsequent operations to find the other missing Turkish pilot, the Athens news agency quoted Greek government spokesman Dimitris Reppas as saying. Reppas said that Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Inal Batu telephoned Dimitri Nezeritis, Greek Ambassador to Ankara, to thank Greece for its help during the rescue operations. Batu also asked the ambassador to hand over the rescued Turkish pilot and urged that the search for the second pilot be accelerated. Reppas said that the Greek forces were working very hard to find the missing pilot.