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“Our officers must be freed before relations with Turkey are normalized” Katrougalos says
“A cornerstone for normalising Turkey’s relations with Europe, with the West, is Turkey’s relationship with Greece and a condition for normalising our relations is the release of the two Greek soldiers,” Alternate Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos, said on Tuesday in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) in Vienna.
Greek soldiers held in Turkey ‘should have come home’, says Pyatt
The United States views Greece as a pillar of stability in the region and the two countries “share a compelling interest” in supporting regional energy infrastructure projects, U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt said on Wednesday during his inaugural speech at the Prometheus Energy Lecture, organised by the University of Piraeus.
Release of the two Greek soldiers more pressing than ever, Voutsis says
Greek Parliament President Nikos Voutsis paid a visit on Wednesday to the two Greek soldiers being held in Turkish prison in Edirne. During the meeting, he told them that they have the universal support of the Greek people and of the country’s state and political leadership for their unfair detention.
Mitsotakis from Alexandroupolis: “Turkey holds our soldiers illegally, they must be released”
New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who was attending anniversary celebrations in Alexandroupolis on Monday, referred to the ongoing detention of two Greek officers in Edirne prison in Turkey.
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,”
European Parliament calls on Turkey to swiftly release detained Greek soldiers
In a resolution adopted by an overwhelming majority of 607 MEPs on Thursday, the European Parliament plenary has called on Turkey to swiftly conclude the judicial process and release two Greek soldiers held in a Turkish prison since early March, when they accidentally wandered across the border into Turkish territory while on patrol.
Alexis Tsipras: Issue of Greek soldiers will be raised in EU-Turkey talks in Varna
The issue of the two Greek soldiers who have been detained in Turkey after they inadvertently crossed into the neighbouring country will be raised in a meeting of EU top officials with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Varna on March 26, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday, after the second day of the […]
Turkish court refuses request to release Greek soldiers until trial
The two arrested and imprisoned on remand in Turkey will remain in custody pending trial, after a Turkish court in Edirne rejected a rGreek soldiersequest for their release submitted by their defence counsel on Monday.
Hearing for two Greek soldiers in Turkey postponed by Edirne court
Turkish authorities have postponed an appeal hearing against the imprisonment on remand of two Greek soldiers arrested in Turkey, due to be heard by an Edirne court on Monday morning.
Remains of four Greeks soldiers found in Albania
The remains of four Greeks who fought on the Albanian front in 1940 were located on Tuesday in the village of Dragoti, according to Albanian sources.