Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu says his country expected the EU to act as an “honest broker” in the eastern Mediterranean region
Critical of the Greek Cypriots’ ascension to the EU in 2014, he further noted that Greece and Greek Cypriot Administration had poisoned Turkey’s strategic relations with the EU by absorbing the latter into its maximalist agendas.
Greece has contested Turkey’s current energy exploration activities in the eastern Mediterranean, trying to box in Turkish maritime territory based on small islands near the Turkish coast.to explore for energy on its continental shelf, saying that Turkey and the TRNC have rights in the region.READ MORE: The Turkish foreign minister also shed light on how Turkey and France were not on the same page on Syria, Libya and the eastern Mediterranean.
“I attended many meetings of the International Syrian Support Group. [...] We even criticised the US for being too flexible. We were against Russian policy there,” he said. “I have to be very honest with you. We stopped the influx of 3 million refugees to Turkey and maybe toward the EU. How can you criticise us for being in Idlib?” he said.
Heads of states and government of France, Greece, Greek Cypriot Administration, Malta, Italy, Spain and Portugal gathered in Corsica.
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