Turkey doesn’t accept international law over eastern Mediterranean, Greece’s FM tells Euronews

Turkey doesn’t accept international law over eastern Mediterranean, Greece’s FM tells Euronews

Turkey doesn't accept international rules when it comes to exploratory drilling for gas in the eastern Mediterranean, Greece's foreign minister has told Euronews.Relations between Athens and Ankara came to a boil last summer after the drilling in waters claimed by Greece and Cyprus.While a direct confrontation was averted, tensions have remained high ever since, with the EU threatening to slap sanctions on Turkey."We would like to move our relations forward," Nikos Dendias told Euronews. "But we have a problem: in order to solve an exercise [problem], we have to abide by the same rules."And the rules in the international community [are] crystal clear. If we move with the same rules, we will solve this exercise [problem]."But what's happening with Turkey is that Turkey does not accept those rules.""Turkey should accept and abide by international law and accept and abide by the Convention on [the] Law of the Sea."On issues of international law, there cannot be many opinions. Something is legal or illegal. Something abides with international law [or] does not abide with international."Heated press conference and then a 'very nice dinner'Dendias was speaking a week after his meeting in Ankara with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.The press conference that followed