Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a meeting of his party’s deputies in Ankara, stressed that “Turkey will not negotiate at a high level with neighboring Greece in light of the escalation of tensions between the two traditional adversaries”, noting that “we have suspended the meetings of our Strategic Council. “At a high level with Greece” and asked: “Don’t you learn from history? Don’t try to dance with Turkey.”

Ankara resumed talks with Athens last year after a five-year hiatus to bridge differences on a number of issues, such as gas and oil exploration in the eastern Mediterranean and competition in the Aegean, but there has been little progress. Last week, Erdogan expressed “displeasure with comments made by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during a visit to the US”, noting that he “no longer exists for him, accusing the Greek leader of trying to prevent Turkey from acquiring F-fighters.”-16″ .