Europe examines Turkey's violations of the eastern Mediterranean once again

European leaders will discuss the file of Turkey's violations in the eastern Mediterranean next Thursday and Friday in Brussels, after they set a horizon for December to review various approaches to Turkey.

Europe examines Turkey's violations of the eastern Mediterranean once again
14 October, 2020   04:29
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European Council will hold their summit, on Thursday and Friday, 15-16 October in Brussels, and it is scheduled that the Turkish file and Ankara's recent activities in the eastern Mediterranean will be in front of the European summit again.

It is noteworthy that the last European summit, which was held on last Thursday and Friday 1-2 October, set a horizon for reviewing various approaches to Turkey, and they warned it to impose sanctions on it unless it retreated from the steps they described as "provocative" and which violate The sovereignty of Greece and Cyprus through gas exploration in their respective territorial waters.

The spokeswoman for the French Foreign Ministry, Agnes von der Mol, said that a few days ago at a press conference. "We are concerned about the news of Turkey sending the exploration ship Oruc Reis to an area located directly near the Greek islands of Castelorizo ​​and Rhodes,"

Yesterday, Tuesday, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on Turkey to refrain from provocations in the eastern Mediterranean, and the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, called on the European Union, after making a phone call with the President of the European Council, and briefed him Turkey should send the drilling ship back, stressing that this step is a dangerous escalation on the part of Turkey.

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