Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis participated in the European Council video conference on the European Union's strategy for dealing with the pandemic late on Thursday.

Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced a meeting with Nikos Dendias in the coming weeks in order to start a Greek-Turkish dialogue.

Turkey's stance is a provocation directed at all of the European Union, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias underlined on Monday, in statements on the sidelines of the EU Foreign Affairs Council.