Turkish president’s chief adviser speaks out against intervention in dispute with Greece over gas
An EU plan to impose additional sanctions on Turkey will backfire and only make the chance of reaching agreement over the growing Greek-Turkish contest in the Eastern Mediterranean regarding gas resources more difficult, the chief adviser to the Turkish resident has warned.
The adviser to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Ibrahim Kalin, urged the EU not to allow its agenda “to be reduced or hijacked by one or two countries”, a reference to Greece, Cyprus and France, the EU countries pushing hardest for strong sanctions to stop Turkey exploring for gas in Cypriot waters. Kalin said on Wednesday: “Sanctions will not work. It will produce the reverse effect. Everyone will lose at the end of the day.”
