Borders
History teaches us the value of peaceful coexistence, tells Prokopis Pavlopoulos to Turkey
President of the Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos addressed a message to neighbouring Turkey on Sunday, while attending celebrations in Tripolis marking the 197th anniversary since the taking of Tripolitsa, during Greece’s war of independence from Ottoman rule.
Pavlopoulos message to Turkey: “Greek border shaped by international law, no gray zones
“International and European Law have definitively and irrevocably shaped the borders of Greece, which are also borders of the European Union. There is no question about these borders. So there are no gray zones,”
President Pavlopoulos: Turkey must respect Greek borders if it wants EU membership
Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos sent on Wednedsay a clear message to Turkey regarding the respect for borders, stressing that “we always want to have good relations, we favour its European perspective but this requires respect of the European Union and Greece’s borders and we are not willing to make concessions.”
Defence Minister: More troops to be transferred to Aegean islands, Evros
A total of 7,000 Greek soldiers will be transferred to the Greek islands and the northeastern borders of Evros shortly, National Defence Minister Panos Kammenos said on Wednesday from the eastern Aegean island of Ikaria, where he observed a local military exercise.