The Israeli government issued a statement on the tension in the Eastern Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey taking a clear stance in favour of the Greek positions.
“Israel is closely monitoring the escalation of tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean,” the Israeli government said in a statement issued by the Israeli embassy in Greece.
The statement continues, “Israel expresses its full support and solidarity with Greece, its maritime zones and the right to determine its EEZ”.
Nearly two weeks before the European Council convenes in Berlin to examine Turkey’s aggressively provocative behaviour in the Eastern Mediterranean, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who met with Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Tuesday, called on Brussels to convene an urgent meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council of the EU.
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