(ANSAmed) - ISTANBUL, JULY 28 - Turkey will suspend ''for
a while'' energy explorations launched last week in the
southeastern Aegean sea, in an area contested with Athens off
the Greek island of Kastellorizo, Ibrahim Kalin, the spokesman
forTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told the Turkish
edition of CNN. ''Our president has said: While negotiations
continue, we are constructive', said Kalin, assuring that Ankara
is ready to ''talk with Greece without conditions''.
''Greece is an important neighbor for us'', added Erdogan's
spokesman, urging for ''joint actions also in contested areas''.
Stressing that German Chancellor Angela ''Merkel had a
constructive role'' in the de-escalation of tensions with
Athens, Kalin however said that in the Aegean ''we were not on
the brink of war, as claimed by German media''.
''Let's solve our bilateral issues'' with Greece ''in a
bilateral way. No results can be obtained by using EU membership
as an instrument of pressure'', continued Kalin, referring to
the threat of sanctions against Ankara made by French President
Emmanuel Macron. (ANSAmed).
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