bianet is discussing the Eastern Mediterranean crisis with people from both sides. Georgios Katrougalos, who served as the foreign minister of Greece during Syriza's tenure, says that Erdoğan failed to use the opportunity presented by Tsipras to solve the dispute.

Addressing the Eastern Mediterranean crisis in her annual State of the Union Address, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has noted that “nothing is justification for Turkey’s attempts to intimidate its neighbors.”

Issuing a new NAVTEX alert, Turkey has argued that Greece has militarized Chios Island in violation of the 1923 Lausanne Peace Treaty.

Answering the questions of CNN in Meis Island, President of Greece Katerina Sakellaropoulou has responded to a question regarding the country’s purchase of fighter jets from France in such a period with a Greek proverb.

"If you are part of the problem, how can you mediate between Turkey and Greece, or between Turkish and Greek Cypriots?" Çavuşoğlu has told the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Relations.

Military delegations have discussed measures to prevent possible military engagement, according to Turkey's Ministry of National Defense.

"We must be tough with the Turkish government and not with the Turkish people, who deserve more than the Erdoğan government," Macron has reportedly said ahead of a meeting on the Eastern Mediterranean crisis.

The EU should impose "meaningful sanctions" on Ankara to deter it from carrying out hydrocarbon exploration activities in the contested waters, says Greece's PM.

Cyprus demands the EU impose similar measures on Turkey over its hydrocarbon activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, according to reports.

While the debates on drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean have been around since 2010, tensions have escalated especially in the last two months. But what has changed in these two months? What is happening in the region?

Led by France, the European Union (EU) countries with a coastline on the Mediterranean Sea will come together in an unofficial meeting in Corsica Island and discuss the recent escalation of tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The meeting that was initially scheduled for Tuesday will take place at NATO's headquarters in Brussels, according to sources from the Ministry of Defense.