The State Department expressed its disappointment and dismissed as "irresponsible" the accusations launched by Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu against the US.

The State Department is falling in line with the UN Security Council on the issue of the two agreements signed by Turkey with the caretaker government of Libya. His representative repeated that the interim government in Tripoli cannot sign such agreements.

The long-awaited meeting of Turkey's Security Council, under Recep Tayyip Erdogan, lasted four hours, with Greece at the top of the agenda amid escalating tensions over the militarization of Greek islands.