The Turkish Foreign Ministry has reacted to a statement recently issued by Armenia pertaining to what it says are Turkey’s aggressive oil exploration maneuvers in the Eastern Mediterranean, EDNews.net reports citing Jam News.

“Armenia seems to have a distorted idea of ​​its geographical position: we are not talking about Lake Sevan, but about the Eastern Mediterranean”, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said, after Armenia issued a statement that “the destabilizing position in the Eastern Mediterranean demonstrates Turkey’s consistently aggressive and expansionary policy in neighboring regions.”

Turkey’s reaction

Press secretary of the Turkish Foreign Ministry Hami Aksoy stated “Armenia, trying to present an opinion about the Eastern Mediterranean, has no idea about geography and its place in it… Armenia’s expression of its opinion on the Eastern Mediterranean is a new example of insolence and irresponsibility.”

 According to the representative of the Turkish Foreign Ministry, a “secret” alliance is operating against Turkey, and following the United Arab Emirates and France, “landlocked Armenia considered that it has the right to talk about the region.”

 “Whatever happens, Turkey will defend its rights and the rights of Turkish Cypriots in the Eastern Mediterranean, arising from international law. No cunning alliance can prevent this.  Those who think otherwise have not learned anything from history,” Aksoy added.

 In addition, the press secretary of the Turkish Foreign Ministry, once again, reminded that his country “supports fraternal Azerbaijan with all its might.”

 Armenian Foreign Ministry statement

 “We reaffirm Armenia’s unconditional support and solidarity with Greece and Cyprus and call on Turkey to take steps to reduce tensions, respect international law and suspend all actions in the exclusive economic zones of Greece and Cyprus,” the Armenian ministry said in a statement.

 Moreover, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan recently said that a new format is needed to contain Turkey, and one of them is the coalition forming in the Mediterranean.

 Earlier, Armenia, Greece and Cyprus announced the establishment of a new trilateral format.  The first summit at the level of heads of state and government was supposed to take place in January 2020 in Armenia, but was postponed.