Greek officers
“Turkey uses the detained Greek officers as a foreign policy tool” says ND’s Koumoutsakos
“As in other cases with foreign nationals – Germany and the United States – Ankara uses the illegal detention of Angelos Mitroudis and Dimitris Koutlatzis as a tool for achieving foreign policy objectives,” main opposition New Democracy (ND) Shadow Foreign Minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos said on Sunday in an interview with “Amarysia” newspaper.
“Turkey’s undemocratic attitude will not break our heroic officers” Prokopis Pavlopoulos says
Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos made a statement on Monday regarding the illegal detention in Turkey of the two Greek soldiers apprehended near the Greek-Turkish border in March.
“We will use all diplomatic means to free the Greek officers” says government spokesman
“The government will continue to make use of all the means of political pressure, all diplomatic and legal options” to secure the release of two Greek soldiers held in Edirne since March without official charges, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on Wednesday in an interview with ANT1 TV, following a Turkish court’s rejection of another […]
European Union ambassador visits Greek officers held imprisoned by Turkey, expresses support
The European Union’s ambassador to Turkey, Christian Berger, paid a visit to the two Greek army officers held in the high-security prison in Edirne, Turkey, on Monday after a consultation with the European Commissioner for Immigration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos, according to sources of the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA).
“There will be no transactions or trade offs between Greece and Erdogan” says Kouvelis
The Greek government will not consent to any type of transaction with Turkey’s president that trades off the fate of the eight Turks in Greece against the return of the two Greek soldiers arrested and detained in Turkey, Alternate Defence Minister Fotis Kouvelis said on Monday, on the Thessaloniki radio station ‘Focus’.
Alexis Tsipras to meet with Erdogan in NATO summit, ask for two Greek officers’ release
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will raise the issue of the Greek soldiers that are illegally detained in the prisons of Adrianople during the NATO summit and the bilateral meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.
“Europe must show solidarity to Greek soldiers held in Turkey” says Federica Mogherini
In a letter to the Chairman of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee David McAllister, European Commission Vice President and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said that the EU has closely followed the case of the two Greek soldiers detained in Turkey from the outset.
A monthly allowance for the two Greek officers held in Turkey has been approved by the Parliament
Two Greek officers held in jail in Edirne, Turkey, were granted a special monthly allowance through an amendment voted by all parties in parliament on Wednesday.