In his first public reaction to the approval of the Greek Marine Spatial Plan, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakcan Fidan announced that the Turkish equivalent of the MSP has already been completed and will be submitted to the UN agencies and warned that the Turkey “will not allow any unilateral step or fait accompli in Cyprus, the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean” and that it “will protect to the end its rights and interests in the region.”

Following statements by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan regarding Greek-Turkish relations, and his repeated reference to a “Turkish minority in Western Thrace,” diplomatic sources provided the following clarifications:

Gerapetritis will meet with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan at 10:00.