In statements shortly before leaving for Japan and the G20 summit where he will meet with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Erdogan, talked about the ongoing developments in the Eastern Mediterranean, arguing that “Turkey and ‘northern Cyprus’ has rights in the region”.

With the aim of promoting peace, security, stability and prosperity, the first tripartite Ministerial Meeting of Cyprus – Armenia – Greece, is held today in Nicosia through the enhanced political dialogue and the extended cooperation of the three countries, with the participation of the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic, Giorgos Katrougalos.

German media Handelsblatt notes a change in the balance of power in the eastern Mediterranean, with the strengthening of US ties with Greece and Cyprus, as the tensions between Washington and Ankara over the S-400 escalating.