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Chancellor Merkel finally passed her position for mild sanctions on Turkey, after, as it seems, the compromise, pro-Ankara solution she proposed prevailed at the Summit, after the agreement reached in the first hours of the night after 27, on the text of Conclusions. Although the EU adopted a harsher language against Turkey, it postponed any decision for immediate sanctions for the March Summit!

Greece and Turkey are getting closer and closer to the beginning of exploratory contacts.

Intense behind the scenes diplomacy is in progress in order to achieve de-escalation in the region of the southeastern Mediterranean and to avoid an accident that could lead to a hot incident between Greece and Turkey.