Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras send the message that whoever violates Greece and Cyprus' sovereign rights, that is member of the European Union, and whoever violates the International Law in the region "should know that there will be sanctions" in his statement on Sunday after the conclusion of the Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence (KYSEA) meeting at the Maximos mansion.

Heads of European Union Mediterranean states offered full support on Friday for fellow EU member Cyprus in a dispute with Turkey over the ownership of offshore natural gas deposits.

Turkey is not leaving its strategy of tension, which seems to create its first reaction to the international arrest warrants of the Republic of Cyprus towards the personnel of the drilling rig “Fatih”, which sailed to the Cypriot EEZ. This, as a reaction of Nicosia, seems to have a result, since in the last few hours there has been information that members of the “Fatih”, mainly with North European origin, have asked to leave the drilling rig.