Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has warned that Israeli attacks on Iran are in danger of launching a wave of immigration to Europe during a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz.

‘The president told us that the impact of this of escalating violence which has been launched by Israeli attacks can harm the region and Europe for migration and that there is a possibility of nuclear leakage“, Said in a statement by the Turkish Presidency.

Turkey, which is sharing common borders with Iran 500 kilometers, has not, however, recorded an increase in arrivals from Iran in the last week.

“The conflict started with Israel’s attack on Iran is a major threat to regional security“, Erdogan added during his conversation with Mertz asking for a return to the negotiating table.

The migration had burdened the relations between the European Union and the Ankara, who was accused of encouraging Syrian refugees who had resorted to its territory to continue to Europe.

A 2016 agreement between the EU and Turkey provided that Ankara would keep a large number of Syrian refugees on its territory.