Thread by @MehreenKhn

EU summit stuck on Turkey. #Euco draft text tabled an hour ago:
- repeats EU solidarity with Greece, CY
- calls for halting of TR gas activity
- says if constructive efforts are made in E Med, the council will "launch a positive EU Turkey agenda" and "renergising" with TR

Language as it stands seems to be getting nowhere with Cyprus. Diplomats say the discussion has been further complicated by French push to condemn Turkey's role in Nagorno-Karabakh #euco

For those who have been frustrated by linkage between Belarus sanctions and the Eastern Med situation, wait til you here about
Nagorno-Karabakh #euco

Draft #euco text also repeats the "all instruments on the table" but that does not seem to be enough for 🇬🇷🇨🇾 who are aggrieved at chunky references to the "carrots" also being offered to Turkey in return for de-escalation (upgrading customs, migration cooperation etc)

Draft Turkey language to be rewritten during 45 minute pause in #euco before dinner starts. I hope they're having Turkish food @BarendLeyts

#euco dinner starts and the Greeks have submitted proposals to redraft text on Turkey, aiming to redress the balance so there are plenty more sticks as well as 🥕

Charles Michel handing out ⭐'s to EU leaders who can correctly define what the "delimitation of the continental shelf" means and identify the "Mavi Vatan map" as per the Greek text.

#euco has a new draft on Turkey with more sticks:
- adds "strong condemnation" for TR drilling
- says EU "fully committed" to settling CY issue
- maintains use of "all instruments" for unilateral action/provocation from TR
- commits EU to taking decisions by Dec at latest

And for all my cynicism, Greece's language on the "delimitation of the Continental Shelf and the Exclusive Economic Zones" stays. No sign of Mavi Vatan however. #euco

New #euco draft does not mention sanctions specifically but leaves open use of "all instruments" in accordance with to Article 29 and 215 - which are both references to economic sanctions against third countries

Midnight passes at #euco and leaders take a break after Cyprus blocks conclusions on Turkey - despite the pleading of Angela Merkel

#euco we have an agreement.