Erdoğan says he is cutting all ties with Greek PM, dashing hopes of talks

‘From now on there is no one called Mitsotakis in my book,’ said Erdoğan in Ankara on Monday. Photograph: AP

A pledge by Turkey’s president to cut all ties with the Greek prime minister – and a suggestion that Kyriakos Mitsotakis was dishonourable and lacking character – has raised fears of renewed tensions between the two Nato members.

Calling off talks between the countries, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused Mitsotakis of deliberately antagonising Turkey when he addressed the US Congress during a visit last week to Washington.