Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday 25 September called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the UN to "give diplomacy a chance at a time when the two countries seem to have chosen appeasement in the crisis between them in the eastern Mediterranean .
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Deploring that the Athens openings came up against
Ankara's
“
escalation, disinformation and aggression
”, he said he remained “
optimistic
”
:
“
Everyone understands that this permanent escalation of tensions cannot last
” , he said during his recorded video broadcast during the UN General Assembly.