Cat-and-mouse game with Turkey must stop, Michel says


  • World
  • Friday, 04 Dec 2020

FILE PHOTO: European Council President Charles Michel attends a video conference with representatives of member states ahead of the upcoming EU summit, in Brussels, Belgium December 3, 2020. Francois Walschaerts/Pool via REUTERS

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A game of "cat-and-mouse" between the European Union and Turkey needs to come to an end, European Council President Charles Michel said on Friday, in reference to a dispute over natural gas resources in the eastern Mediterranean.

"The game of cat and mouse must end," Michel told a news conference, as Turkey again withdrew an exploration vessel from disputed waters ahead of an EU summit on Dec. 10 that is set to discuss possible sanctions on Turkey.

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