Turkey
“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.
“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’.
We cannot play political games with people’s lives, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias says
“There can be no political games with the dignity and freedom of people. It is unacceptable,” Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Thursday in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on the arrest and detention of two Greek soldiers by Turkey.
The detainment of two Greek soldiers is a “wound” for NATO, said Alexis Tsipras
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras described on Wednesday the detainment of two Greek soldiers by Turkey, a fellow NATO member, as a “wound” for the western alliance.
“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.
Turkey pushing its own FYROM agenda in Washington: A threat for the Greek interests
BY NIKOLAS KATSIMPRAS If you were to deconstruct Washington, all you’d be left with was a think tank, a lobby and a hotel. The crossroads of K and 15th now has all three components, as the newest member of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s lobby, the “Macedonia Political Action Committee” (MACPAC), just opened next to […]
Migrant readmission by Turkey a ‘benchmark’ in visa liberalisation roadmap, Bertaud says
The bilateral agreement between Greece and Turkey for the readmission of migrants must continue to be implemented, European Commission spokesperson Natasha Bertaud said on Friday, during the regular press briefing.
Erdogan will turn back to the West after the June 24 elections, predicts Konstantinos Filis
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seen turning more favorably towards the west and changing his policy of conflicts with the United States after the country’s June 24 elections, Constantinos Filis, Research Director, Institute of international Relations, told Athens-Macedonian News Agency.
Prokopis Pavlopoulos sends clear message to Turkey: “We will defend freedom at all costs”
“Over time, we Greeks will defend freedom against everything and at all costs,” was the message sent by President Prokopis Pavlopoulos from Lasithi Plateau during an event marking 150 years from a battle held in the area in eastern Crete.