Sourced : EKathimerini
In a letter to his European Union counterparts, Greece’s ambassador to Turkey, Kyriakos Loukakis, has asked them to abstain from attending the closing ceremony of the Denizkurdu 2017 (Seawolf) naval exercise.
Turkish media published excerpts of the letter, dismissing it as Greek “propaganda” to the Europeans.
Kathimerini understands that Loukakis said the decision by Turkish authorities to extend invitations to European diplomats is “unheard of” due to the spate of Turkish violations of Greek air space and territorial waters – in particular the appearance of Turkish missile boats off the islet of Agathonisi during the exercise which, reports in Athens say, was intended as show of Turkish force in the Aegean.
This was apparent a few days ago to residents on the eastern coast of Paros and Naxos’s western shores, who were greeted by the sight of Turkish frigates moving slowly through the strait between the two central Aegean islands – within Greek territorial waters.
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