Recep Tayyip Erdogan pressured Angela Merkel to leave Greece out of the summit, reports German newspaper Bild on Greece's exclusion from the Berlin summit, one day after Sunday's warning that Greece would veto a political solution to the Libyan problem without the cancellation of that memorandum.

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Saturday revealed that he has asked Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to avoid any military intervention in Libya as this will not balance out the forces involved but lead to a massive escalation of tension.

Alternate Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis send a message to Turkey that Greece is not complacent and is on standby, speaking on Thursday to SKAI radio.