Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. File photo ANKARA, May 23. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that from now on there is no such politician as Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for him, the Turkish leader does not intend to «neither meet nor deal with him.» «At a meeting with him (Mitsotakis — ed.), we decided that we would not interfere in our relations with third countries. Despite this, he said everything that could be said against Turkey during his visit to the United States, urging not to give Turkey F-16. This year we planned to hold a meeting of the strategic council, but for me there is no longer such a politician as Mitsotakis, I will not meet with him,» Erdogan said in his address to the people after the meeting of the Cabinet. According to him, Turkey cooperates with honorable persons, politicians. “Let him think for himself after that. With whom he meets, with whom he creates military bases, please. I hope that the United States will not make decisions on the F-16 based on the words of Mitsotakis,” the Turkish leader added. Earlier in May, Prime Minister Greek MP Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged the US Congress not to approve the sale of weapons to Turkey, accusing Ankara of trying to undermine stability in the Eastern Mediterranean and violate the sovereignty of Greece. Greece discussed «Turkish provocations» with Biden
