What happened? Tension between Erdogan and Mitsotakis at the leaders' dinner in Prague

It seems that there were no shortage of moments of tension at the dinner of the leaders gathered in Prague. "Kathimerini" writes that the words of the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, have caused tension on the Greek side. According to the same sources, the Turkish president accused Greece of increasing tensions and provocations. Immediately after him, the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis rose. He appealed directly to Erdogan asking him to stop questioning the sovereignty of the islands.

"Kathimerini" writes that he told Erdogan that instead of provoking, he should sit down with understanding and dialogue, without tensions and extreme rhetoric, as responsible leaders do. The Greek media have also echoed a strong statement by Erdogan. "For every country that worries us and attacks us, our answer is: "We can come one night unexpectedly" - said the Turkish president.

Asked by a journalist if with this statement he meant that he would attack Greece, the Turkish president answered: "You have understood the issue well. Any country that disturbs us and attacks us, our answer is "We can come suddenly one night". This is how they should know and understand. Since you understood it that way, they also understood it that way".

Erdogan emphasized that Turkey is seeing that some EU member states are escalating tensions, instead of pursuing good neighborly relations with Turkey.

"Here I want to underline the following: Turkey has no aspirations for the sovereignty, territories, rights of any country. We are only fighting to protect the interests of our country and the Turkish Cypriots. We do not want tensions with any of our neighbors. We have repeatedly stated that we want to solve the problems of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean within the framework of international law.

I expect the EU to invite our interlocutors to dialogue on a bilateral basis. To do this instead of supporting tensions and lawlessness. For a permanent solution, the data for the island of Cyprus must be accepted," Erdogan said.