GUL, PAPANDREOU REACH COMMON GROUND AT EURO-MED MEETING

For his part, Gul said that they had reached agreement on a three-article package of confidence-building measures. “Under the package, high-level land, sea, and air force commanders of our two countries will hold regular reciprocal visits, there will be regular exchanges of students between our respective military academies, and our military hospitals will cooperate in matters of diagnosis and treatment,” said Gul. Asked if Turkey and Greece would cease conducting military exercises in the Aegean area, which have been a recent source of friction, Gul said that the issue had not been discussed. The Euro-Med meeting, hosting EU member and candidate foreign ministers plus those from Mediterranean-region countries, is due to conclude today.