Turkey will not bow to threats and blackmailing over Eastern Mediterranean, the Turkish president reiterated on Monday, stressing that the county will not allow any “imperialist expansionism” on the sea, either.
“PLANS EXCLUDING TURKEY FROM ITS RIGHTS ARE UNACCEPTABLE”
“Turkey will not accept plans and maps that aim to confine country to its coasts off Antalya,” Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told Workshop on Eastern Mediterranean at Akdeniz University via a video message.
He also said that any plans and maps excluding Turkey from its rights on Eastern Mediterranean are “unacceptable”.
Recalling his offer on holding an international conference on Eastern Mediterranean, Erdogan said that related issues will only be solved by bringing all the actors in the region together around the same table.
“Our country has never sided with tension in the Eastern Mediterranean issue, but rather with peace, cooperation, fairness, and the establishment of justice,” he said.