NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The European Union warned Turkey on Friday to rein in its navy after Turkish warships threatened and blocked a rig from reaching a site southeast of Cyprus where it was to drill for natural gas. EU leaders said they could abandon a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next month and expressed solidarity with Cyprus and Greece. Cypriot Energy Minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis told local TV station Antenna that the rig's skipper showed "great determination" to reach the target where Italian company Eni was scheduled to carry out exploratory drilling.
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