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A few hours before the extraordinary EU Summit on Belarus, Nikos Dendias was in Cyprus and discussed with President Anastasiadεs the coordination of the Athens-Nicosia actions against the Turkish provocation. 

Greece and France will conduct a major air and naval exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean, and it seems it has already taking place. According to reliable information, this was decided in the telephone communication that the Minister of Defense Nikos Panagiotopoulos had with the French counterpart of Florence Parley. It is unclear at this time whether the Republic of Cyprus will participate in the exercise. 

EU Foreign Ministers in their statement on the situation in the East Mediterranean "explicitly condemned the escalating and illegal behavior of Turkey in the East Mediterranean and the Aegean, including the violations of Greece's territorial waters and airspace," Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Friday, following the EU's Council of Foreign Affairs, held by videoconference.