Mevlut Çavuşoğlu reiterated the positive impact of the solidarity offered by Greece to Turkey after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Mr. Çavuşoğlu also  expressed his thanks to Israel for the support it offered.

The necessity to deescalate of tension between Greece and Turkey and support  stability in the East Mediterranean, in the shadow of the war in the Ukraine, was the joint understanding at the meeting of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey on Sunday, Greek government sources said.

Asked about the prospect of Moscow playing the role of mediator between Athens and Ankara, but also about how it sees Russia's role in the region, Mr. Pyatt replied: "With skepticism. "I have spent a lot of time in recent years here and in Ukraine watching Russia's efforts to sow division within NATO, to sow division between the United States and Europe."