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Trust building measures, Cyprus's reunification and Turkey's relations to the European Union are expected to be at the focus of talks taking place on Thursday between the Greek and Turkish foreign ministers.

Remarks by Turkey's president about battles fought on Turkish soil during World War I have unfortunately been taken out of context, said a top aide to the president on March 20.         

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took to Twitter in the early hours of Thursday to hail a "productive meeting" with the leaders of Greece, Cyprus and Israel in Jerusalem.

"Had a productive meeting with leaders from #Israel, #Greece and #Cyprus on key issues in the Eastern Mediterranean," Pompeo tweeted.

Protests in Podgorica may mark a turning point for Montenegrin society after almost three decades of rule by the same party, and same man.

Greek Foreign Minister Yorgos Katrougalos in an interview with the state-run Anadolu Press Agency on the eve of his visit to Turkey declared that Ankara cannot be excluded from energy-related issues in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly said on Wednesday that the presence of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the trilateral summit between his country, Greece and Cyprus has given it added value.

In a joint statement in Jerusalem on Wednesday, the leaders of Greece, Israel and Cyprus and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, agreed to further entrench cooperation between all four countries, boosting energy and security cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean. 

A three-way summit between Cyprus, Greece, and Israel with the participation of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a strong message to Ankara regarding energy security and its hostile behaviour in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Another man, a 43-year-old resident of Pozarevac, a town in eastern Serbia, is also facing criminal charges for aiding the suspect in stealing a total of over 28,000 loaves of bread.

The crime was perpetrated from October until December 2018, the police believe, and has resulted in damages of over a million Serbian dinars (RSD) sustained by the company.

As Davutoglu said in Vienna, without Turkey, the EU cannot be a geopolitical actor, while without the EU, Turkey cannot achieve a fully integrated foreign policy and economic development.