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Turkish foreign minister heralds meeting with Greek counterpart
Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced a meeting with Nikos Dendias in the coming weeks in order to start a Greek-Turkish dialogue.
Joint exercise with Greece, Egypt, France, the UAE, and Cyprus (vid)
Joint training of units from Greece, Egypt, France, the UAE, and Cyprus took place in a sea area north of Alexandria. The PASSEX (passing exercise) took place in the context of the preparation of the bilateral interdisciplinary exercise Greece-Egypt "Medusa 10".
Ankara did not like the EU sanctions resolution
Turkey today rejected a European Parliament resolution imposing sanctions on Ankara following a recent visit by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to the occupied northern part of Cyprus, calling it "out of touch with reality" and "blackmail". On Thursday, the European Parliament passed a non-binding resolution calling on EU leaders to "take action and impose severe sanctions" on Turkey, a move that is likely to boost support for France's bid to impose sanctions on Turkey at next month's EU summit.