"Greece is ready for a significant de-escalation provided that Turkey immediately stops its provocative actions , " Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told US President Donald Trump this Wednesday evening in a telephone interview.
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The race for gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean is currently causing serious tensions between Ankara and Athens, which are fighting over certain maritime areas and which each conducted military exercises on Wednesday.