At an Olympic Truce initiative signing ceremony in Athens, by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erodgan and George Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece, Papandreou said Greece will actively support a bid by Istanbul to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.
Erdogan answered, “we are particularly pleased that Greece has expressed its support, and will extend its know-how (in case Istanbul hosts the Games)”.
The signing ceremony took place in front of the Panathinaiko Stadium in central Athens – the venue for the first modern Olympic Games of 1896.
