Turkey warned energy companies not to cooperate with the Cypriot government in exploration drilling in the eastern Mediterranean, because such activities would affect stability in the region.

The spate of provocations continues with unabated intensity from Ankara, and the EU is also being targetted by the Turkish Foreign Ministry in an announcement on Tuesday.

The President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos sent a clear message to Turkey on the sovereignty of the Dodecanese island in the Aegean Sea.