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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again drawn attention with provocative remarks suggesting a redefinition of his country’s borders, this time referencing cities far beyond Turkey’s geographic limits, including Thessaloniki in Greece and Crimea.

Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis sent a message to Turkey to abandon the rhetoric of tension and to refrain from actions that do not help in de-escalation, in an interview given earlier today to ERT1. On the occasion of the new Turkish Navtex, Mr. Varvitsiotis stressed that "Turkey should not behave like an unpredictable neighbor.