Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Greek prime minister in Turkey for 1st official visit since 1959 -- baltimoresun.com

"Greek prime minister in Turkey for 1st official visit since 1959

By Suzan Fraser | The Associated Press
8:59 AM EST, January 23, 2008

ANKARA, Turkey - Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis arrived in Turkey today for the first official visit by a Greek premier in nearly half a century.

The visit caps a recent thaw in relations between the two NATO countries, though they are still at odds over the divided island of Cyprus as well as airspace and sea boundaries in the Aegean sea. Longtime foes, they have come close to war three times over those issues since 1974."

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