Turkey favors dialogue to resolve its tensions with Greece in the Eastern Mediterranean over maritime boundaries and energy exploration, Germany’s foreign minister said in Athens on Tuesday.
Turkey and Greece are playing with fire in the Eastern Mediterranean and “any spark could lead a disaster,” Heiko Maas told a joint news conference with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias.
Maas said after his visit to Greece he will head to the Turkish capital Ankara to meet with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.
This week Turkey and later Greece sent out conflicting alerts on energy exploration and military exercises in the Mediterranean.
Greece has disputed Turkey’s current energy exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean, trying to box in Turkish maritime territory based on small islands near the Turkish coast.
