NEW YORK, Feb 4 (A.A) - Foreign Minister Ismail Cem and Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou met more than an hour in Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York on Sunday, where World Economic Forum (WEF) meetings continue.
The ministers discussed Cyprus, Aegean, enlargement of NATO, and strong earthquake in Aegean Afyon province on Sunday.
The ministers said the meeting was positive, and noted that they decided to continue works on the Aegean.
Pointing out that they were pleased over the negotiation process which started newly on Cyprus, the ministers said they expended support to this process.
The ministers also reached a consensus of opinion for the implementation of Turkish-Greek joint quake force soon, which was earlier decided to be set up.
TURKEY AND GREECE START GOOD WILL INITIATIVE ON AEGEAN ISSUE
Cem and Papandreou, who met in New York within the framework of World Economic Forum (WEF), talked to journalists following the meeting.
Foreign Minister Cem said the studies in foreign ministries political directors level will start from the point of harmonization, noting that the process will be developed.
Cem said joint works covering all the issues related to the Aegean would be beneficial.
Cem said the works that started should not be exaggerated, and pointed to the drawbacks of creating an extreme optimistic atmosphere like ''a historical incident, problems in the Aegan are being solved''. Cem said this incident could be evaluated as a good will mission of the two ministries.
''The priority is to reveal the points of harmonization,'' Cem said, adding that existing atmosphere with Greece enabled such a study.
Stressing that Turkey was not the shy side on the Aegean issue, Cem said, ''within the framework of Article 33 of the U.N. convention and EU's Agenda-2000 document, we told Greece that we could discuss this issue.''
Foreign Minister Cem said he would meet the U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan on Monday, and that talks could focus on Cyprus.