8 hours agoGreece-Turkey tensions, last sends ships to Cyprus
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Turkey reacted sharply to the Southeast Union's statement that it will draft a list of sanctions against it if it does not sit at the negotiating table to resolve territorial disputes with Greece and Cyprus. The warning was made after an informal summit of the so-called MED7 group, led by France's president, Emmanuel [...]
Turkey reacted sharply to the Southeast Union's statement that it will draft a list of sanctions against it if it does not sit at the negotiating table to resolve territorial disputes with Greece and Cyprus.
The warning was made after an informal summit of the so-called MED7 group, led by France's president, Emmanuel Macron. But Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy named the countries' common statement in question as the non-x0 possibles, cut off from the truth and with the deep lack of a legal base”, the TCh reports.
“To reduce tensions, it is essential that Greece attract its military ships around our research ship Oruc Reis, prevent the sending of weapons to the islands of the Eastern Aegean, including Meis, and end the pressure it is exercising on the Turkish minority in western trakia”, he added. Greek media say Ankara has issued a Naxtev message for real ammunition naval exercise. The maneuvers will be held in an area in very Cyprus at 12 September to 14 September.
At that, the MED7 position does not necessarily reflect the EU's position as a whole. Macron said the problem lies, not with the Turkish people, but with President Recep Tayip Erdogan's government. Omer Celik, spokesman for Erdogan's party, wrote in Titter that Macron is displaying a “kolonalist” stance.
