YnetNews.com reports: “Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said over the weekend that Turkey has no interest in the territory or sovereignty of other nations, amid growing regional friction with Israel, Greece and Cyprus.

Speaking at a naval ceremony in Istanbul where he commissioned new military vessels, Erdoğan said Turkey ‘does not want any tension, crisis or conflict with any country,’ and added that his government’s ‘only desire is peace and stability for our neighbors.’ He also issued a pointed warning that ‘Turkey will not allow violations of its rights or what belongs to it,’ language seen as an assertion of Ankara’s maritime and strategic claims.

The remarks come ahead of a trilateral summit in Jerusalem Monday, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides to deepen security and energy cooperation amid tensions with Ankara…”