Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not attend annual OSCE Mediterranean conference, to be held on October 22 in Athens, if his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu attends it, CNN Turk reports.

"If the Israeli Prime Minister attends this conference, I will not be there," Erdogan said in an interview with the Greek television channel Skai TV.

Erdogan has warned Israel that the country is close to lose a close friend in the Middle East, as Turkey. "The Israeli Government should pay for its aggressive policy," he said.

According to the Turkish website, Israel is not included in the list of participants of the conference.