Greece wants to prevent the sale of armaments in the eastern Mediterranean. An affront to Turkey? Turkish President Erdogan is severing ties.
The Greek government has criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who on Monday severed his relationship with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
“We will not enter such a confrontation with similar statements,” said government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou on Monday evening. Meanwhile, Athens is registering increased numbers of refugees on the Greek borders – a means of pressure that Erdogan had already used in 2020 on the northeast Greek border river Evros.
Erdogan said on Monday that Mitsotakis no longer existed for him. There is outrage in Turkey over a visit by the Greek prime minister to Washington last week. There Mitsotakis had recommended to the US Congress not to sell any armaments in the eastern Mediterranean. What was meant was Turkey, which is trying to buy US F-16 fighter jets. Mitsotakis referred to the recent increase in illegal overflights of Turkish fighter jets over inhabited Greek territory.
Since then, the Greek border guards have registered a sharp increase in the number of refugees. According to the coast guard, almost 600 people tried to cross from Turkey to the Greek islands in the eastern Aegean on Monday alone. A border guard told the Skai news channel on Tuesday morning that up to 300 people a day are also being prevented from entering Greece and thus the EU on the Evros border river.
Source: Stern

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