Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday in an interview with Sky News Arabia, during his stay in the United Arab Emirates, that Turkey is acting as a troublemaker in the region and this observation is not confined to Greek-Turkish relations.

Greek-Turkish relations are at a critical juncture due to escalating tensions on the part of Turkey in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean. Turkish tensions are an integral part of neo-Ottomanism that is the vision of modern Turkish foreign policy, which aims to make Turkey a leading regional power in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Middle East, and the Balkans by re-establishing its limits of influence and vitality in areas of the former Ottoman Empire.

by Antonia Dimou

Asked about the prospect of Moscow playing the role of mediator between Athens and Ankara, but also about how it sees Russia's role in the region, Mr. Pyatt replied: "With skepticism. "I have spent a lot of time in recent years here and in Ukraine watching Russia's efforts to sow division within NATO, to sow division between the United States and Europe."