Turkey Holds Navy Drill Amid Push for Mediterranean Cooperation
Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey, on Sept. 21.
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Turkey held a naval exercise near Greek waters on Tuesday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pushed Athens for cooperation ahead of European Union talks over Ankara’s energy exploration in the contested eastern Mediterranean.
Turkey and Greece last week agreed to resume talks aimed at resolving disputes over maritime boundaries after a tense naval standoff over the summer brought the two NATO members close to the brink of conflict. Cyprus, another EU-member, is also at odds with Turkey over maritime boundaries and rights to any energy resources discovered around the divided Mediterranean island.