Turkey provokes Greece by arresting its Foreign Minister

Greece condemned Turkey's deliberate disruption of a government plane carrying the Greek foreign minister, returning from Iraq and leaving it flying for 20 minutes before granting it permission to cross Turkish airspace.

Turkey provokes Greece by arresting its Foreign Minister
16 October, 2020   06:09
 NEWS DESK 

Greece accused Turkey of suspending the arrival of Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias for 20 minutes on Thursday and the Greek government spokesman, Stelios Petsas, told reporters, "It is another provocation in the series of Turkish provocations ... I hope the incident will not be repeated in the future." The Greek Foreign Ministry has filed a complaint with the Turkish authorities.

In turn, Turkey argued that the plane took off from Iraq without a specific flight path, but it was allowed to pass after this route was clarified.

The situation between the two countries has been tense since August 10, due to Turkish exploration in the Greek region in the eastern Mediterranean.

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