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The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, had a telephone communication-warning on Sunday with the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the former insisted to the latter that the European Union stands in full solidarity with Greece and Cyprus.
According to a source in Brussels, Charles Michel stressed to the Turkish president that it is important to reduce the escalation of the Aegean and asked Turkey to refrain from activities that increase tensions.
At the same time, the President of the European Council, calling a multilateral conference, points out that current disputes can be resolved through dialogue.
An ultimatum to Ankara was earlier sent to Paris, saying there are many options for sanctions and Erdogan knows it. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian also said that “the scope of the measures to be taken against Turkey” was expected to be the main topic of discussion at the European Council on September 24-25.
Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini, during his participation in a debate at the summer festival of the center-left Democratic Party, referred to the attitude of the Turkish government, in the eastern Mediterranean and in particular towards Greece. “Turkey’s resolve is a potential threat, given the escalation of tensions it may pose.” In recent weeks, we have had moments of critical and substantial maximum tension between Turkey and Greece, which have also sparked tensions with France, “said the Italian Defense Minister.
Lorenzo Guerini then added: “Turkey’s behavior is an element of difficulty that we must address through dialogue. Something that the Atlantic Alliance must do. And on the inside, Italy tried to play a balanced role. To seek balance.”
All this while the oceanographic vessel Oruc Reis continues its course, accompanied by Turkish frigates and corvettes, as shown in a video uploaded to Twitter by the Turkish Ministry of Defense, which states, among other things: “There will be no anarchy or intimidation in the region”.
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