Italy FM on Greece and Turkey maritime borders

Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Friday that it was "necessary to deal with deep causes of tensions" to arrive at a settlement between Turkey and Greece over ir contested maritime borders.

Speaking in Rome at a joint news conference alongside Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Di Maio said that "we cannot be but behind Greece and Cyprus".

On Thursday evening, leers of European Union debated what approach to take in EU's increasingly tense ties with Turkey over its drilling, its roles in conflicts in Libya and Syria, and as a sometimes troublesome source of migrants trying to reach Europe.

y agreed that if Turkey continues to react positively in talks with Cyprus and Greece, bloc will "launch a positive political EU-Turkey agenda" with tre and customs incentives, and y held out prospect of more money and benefits for continued cooperation on migrant flows.

However it warned to use "all its instruments and options available" should should Turkey not.

Italian Foreign Minister also said decision of Libya's Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj to resign took "great courage".

UN-backed Al-Sarraj is due to step down by end of October.

Di Maio said he will be important "until an agreement is reached between Libyan parties on new institutional structure that needs to be built".

Di Maio and Cavusoglu also discussed conflict between Armenian and Azerbaijani over Nagorno-Karabakh.

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