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”.

Cyprus’ interior minister is accusing Turkey and breakaway Turkish Cypriots of helping to traffick migrants to the internationally recognized southern part of the ethnically split island nation.

"The reactions on the part of Europeans are too mild so far against a country that has violated the international law," Parliament Vice-President Nikitas Kaklamanis said on Sunday in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA).