One day after meeting Erdoğan, Greek PM Mitsotakis diagnosed with COVID-19

One day after meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Istanbul, Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been diagnosed with the coronavirus.

Monday March 14 2022 02:31 pm

Mitsotakis (L) and Erdoğan met in Istanbul on March 13.

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has tested positive for COVID-19, he said in a video message on Twitter on March 15.

"I tested positive this morning and therefore will isolate at home and work from there," Mitsotakis said.

Mitsotakis had met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in Istanbul on March 14.

The Turkish presidency had afterwards released a statement saying that the two leaders "agreed at the meeting to keep communication channels open and to improve bilateral relations."

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