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ATHENS, Greece — Longtime foes Greece and Turkey held a historic joint Cabinet meeting and signed nearly two dozen agreements in Athens on Friday, in a new top-level effort to overcome old grudges through better neighborly ties and economic cooperation in the midst of Greece’s debt crisis.

“I am optimistic that the groundbreaking and courageous step we are taking today can bring results, exactly because the will exists,” Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said during a news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was on his first trip to Greece since 2004.

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