Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis welcomes Turkish tourists: 'New islands will be added'

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis welcomed Turkish tourists who traveled to the island of Lesbos under the "visa-on-arrival" program. Mitsotakis stated that new islands will be added to the "visa-on-arrival" program at the end of April.

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Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis welcomes Turkish tourists: 'New islands will be added'

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the island of Lesbos, located across from Ayvalık, yesterday.

Receiving information from officials regarding the "visa-on-arrival" program that began on April 1, Mitsotakis welcomed the Turkish tourists disembarking from the "Eşref Jale" ferry at the island's port and chatted with them for a while.

"A CONCRETE RESULT OF THE RAPPROCHEMENT"

In his speech there, Mitsotakis announced that 5 more islands would be added at the end of April to the "visa-on-arrival" program, which was initially implemented for 5 islands, stating, "This program is a concrete result of the rapprochement in Turkish-Greek relations."

The "visa-on-arrival" program, which has been in effect since April 1 on the islands of Rhodes, Lesbos, Kos, Samos, and Chios, will be implemented on the islands of Symi, Kastellorizo, Patmos, Leros, and Kalymnos at the end of April.