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Athens Expecting Strategic Games Pre-EU Summit

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  • Athens expects Turkey to play strategic games through exploratory talks ahead of the EU Summit (25-26 March).
    • Notes although Ankara ignored Greek proposals for the next round of talks on Monday, but will likely try to announce them close to the meeting date or shortly after in order to pre-empt possible sanctions discussions on the East Med & Aegean
  • Turkey to Privatize 5 Hydroelectric Power Plants: Cal, Girlevik II, Mercan, Koyulhisar, Dereici hydroelectric power plants will be privatized until by end 2025, according to decree
  • Turkish Constitutional Court revokes some articles of a 2018 decree paving the way for a third reactor at the Akkuyu nuclear plant before a concrete pouring even scheduled for today with Pres.
    • Putin & Erdogan. Annulment provisions to take effect in 1yr to avoid a legal gap
  • OECD doubles Turkey's 2021 growth forecast to 5.9%, citing quasi-fiscal measure, fiscal stimulus and a recovery in manufacturing, but warns of exposure to inflation as a net importer amid buoyant commodity prices
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com

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