The meeting of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Brussels on Monday "was a step towards a quieter summer," underlined government sources.

Diplomats from Greece and Turkey failed to reach a breakthrough on Tuesday during a latest round of talks on the standoff between the two states over eastern Mediterranean borders and energy rights. This was what most analysts expected.

The representative of Erdogan's party, AKP, Omer Celik, was invited to comment on Mike Pompeo's visit to Greece.