UN voices “concerns” over Turkey-Greece tensions after Libya “deal”
Statements by Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General Farhan Haq
Statements by Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General Farhan Haq
"We call on all parties to refrain from actions that risk escalating tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean," said a spokesman on the Turkish-Libyan memorandum.
The cost of raising wrecks and transporting them for dismantling in Turkey is considered unprofitable, while at the same time Greece is losing valuable resources and income from scrap
He publicly called for a UN investigation into the treatment of 92 third country nationals located by Greek authorities last week on the riverside border with Turkey
“Everything is ready, we’ve donned our armor… we will come suddenly one night,” was the saber rattling heard by reporters accompanying the 68-year-old Turkish on a flight from Kazakhstan back to Turkey
Βoth ministers underlined the importance of maintaining open channels of communication.
The report added that the EU, most recently at the European Council of June 2022, "…has repeatedly urged Turkey to avoid making any kind of threat"
There is no end to the incendiary statements made by Turkish officials
The victims, clad only in swimsuits, are believed to have been would-migrants attempting to swim to the island from the opposite Turkish coast
The European Commission's draft for the enlargement process
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Monday continued taking thinly veiled “jabs” at the crescendo of official Turkish provocations and belligerence aimed at Greece
Once reaching the midway point between the Asia Minor coast and Lesvos, the fishing vessels returned to the Turkish mainland
Statement by the Minister of Shipping Yiannis Plakiotakis on the two shipwrecks off Lesvos and Kythera
According to reports, the UAV was recognized and intercepted, based on international rules governing aviation
Opposition to the latest instance of “Turkography” in Mediterranean waters was summed up on Monday evening
This announcement "comes only a few days after [Greek Prime Minister] Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with the head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Menfi"
Sources in Athens on Monday said an official Greek reaction will come once, and if, the text of the agreement is released
Immediate response from the Greek Foreign Ministry - What the State Department says
Analysts estimate that recently the Turkish president's rhetoric has changed from aggressive to bellicose
Also participating will be European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
The development was reported by the Turkish national news agency Anadolu, which was also the source of two photographs showing a Hellenic Navy tank carrier unloading armored personnel vehicles on the two isles
The Greek foreign minister is in New York City, accompanying PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, for sessions of the 77th UN General Assembly
The UAV made five overflights above the isle of Kinaros, which hosts a makeshift settlement, and one overflight above the rock islet of Kandelioussa, at 19,000 feet
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