Foreign Minister George Katrougalos on Wednesday highlighted the importance of a decision to impose EU sanctions on Turkey over the drilling initiated in Cyprus's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), taken by the General Affairs Council on Tuesday evening, in an interview with radio station "104.9 FM".

The possibility of a ‘hot incident’ between Greece and Turkey is a prospect every Greek Prime Minister has on his mind been, PM Alexis Tsipras said in a morning interview on Open channel on Wednesday morning.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called European Council President Donald Tusk to unambiguously condemn Turkey’s actions in the Cypriot EEZ during a phone conversation between the two men.