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Southern EU nations agree on need to use all means to counter Turkey : Cypriot President

Moscow, Sep 11 (Sputnik) A group of seven southern European nations, known as Med7, have agreed on the need to use all means – including sanctions – to counteract the Turkish policy in the southern Mediterranean, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades said.
The leaders of Med7 nations – France, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Cyprus and Malta – held a summit on the French island of Corsica on Thursday.
“We have agreed that we need to use all the means at the disposal of the European Union to counter Turkey's unlawful actions and go as far as imposing sanctions against these unlawful and illegitimate actions,” Anastasiades said at a press conference following the summit.
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