NATO Says Turkey, Greece Will Try to Limit Military Mishaps
- Alliance says both countries to hold ‘technical’ talks
- NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg seeks to ease growing tensions
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization said Turkey and Greece will discuss ways to avoid military mishaps amid tensions triggered by Turkish energy exploration in the eastern Mediterranean.
“The two allies have agreed to enter into technical talks at NATO to establish mechanisms for military de-confliction to reduce the risk of incidents and accidents in the eastern Mediterranean,” Jens Stoltenberg, the alliance’s secretary general, said in an emailed statement on Thursday in Brussels.