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Source: Dubai – Arabia.net
On Sunday, the European Union harshly criticized Turkey and its provocative foreign policy. The Union’s Foreign Minister, Josep Borrell, denounced the statements of the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, against his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, and said they were “unacceptable”.
He also called on Ankara to “stop the cycle of dangerous confrontations and provocations.”
“The statements of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan against President Emmanuel Macron are unacceptable. I call on Turkey to stop this dangerous cycle of confrontation,” Borrell wrote in a tweet.
‘Neo-Ottoman’
Simultaneously, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias stated in a speech before Parliament, according to the Greek news agency, that his country does not tolerate perverted accusations or war threats.
He also considered that Turkey is moving towards a new Ottomanism, adding that his country does not comply with unilateral steps.
In addition, he stressed that Greece will defend its sovereign rights in every way. “We are moving towards the expansion of territorial waters with the delimitation of the continental shelf and the exclusive economic zone through sincere agreements that we signed with all our neighbors, except Turkey, which refuses to sit at the negotiating table,” he added.
This Greek speech came after Turkey announced today that it decided to extend the period of reconnaissance operations it is conducting in a disputed area in the eastern Mediterranean until 4 November.
It is noteworthy that Turkey and Greece, two NATO members, disagree on the extent of the other’s continental shelf, as well as overlapping claims for rights over oil and gas resources in the eastern Mediterranean. The conflict erupted last August when Ankara sent “Uruç Reis” to waters where Greece and Cyprus claim rights, which raised the level of tension between the three countries and the European Union, which supported the position of the Greek and Cypriot governments.
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