Greek and Turkish officials will meet again in late February or early March to renew efforts to resolve the maritime border dispute, Reuters reported referring to Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Athens and Ankara resumed research talks after a four-year hiatus on January 25.

Mitsotakis said talks are likely to resume by early March, ahead of the EU summit on March 25.

Obstacles remain, including what each side is willing to discuss. Greece noted it will only address the demarcation of maritime zones in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean. Turkey said that it is necessary to resolve all issues between the two sides, including airspace and the status of some Greek islands.

“Turkey needs to be consistent in terms of its behaviour, this cannot just be a decoy to avoid the discussion at the EU council in March,” Mitsotakis said.

Greece, which recently reached maritime agreements with Italy and Egypt, claims that if both sides fail to come to an agreement, it will submit the dispute to an international tribunal.