Turkey summons Greek ambassador to foreign ministry
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey summoned the Greek ambassador to Ankara to the international ministry to protest about what it mentioned was Greece offering alternatives for terrorist teams to conduct actions, state-owned Anadolu information company reported on Friday.
Ambassador Christodoulos Lazaris was additionally summoned after Greece allowed a protest close to the Turkish embassy in Athens by the militant Kurdistan Employees Occasion (PKK), which Turkey and the European Union regard as a terrorist group, Anadolu mentioned.
President Tayyip Erdogan mentioned this week Turkey was halting talks with Greece, partly over a row with its prime minister and what Ankara calls airspace violations, within the newest setback for the neighbours’ long-troubled relationship.
Final yr, after a five-year hiatus, the 2 NATO members resumed talks to deal with their variations within the Mediterranean Sea and different bilateral points.
Turkey is presently objecting to Finland and Sweden’s bids to hitch the NATO alliance, accusing them of harbouring individuals linked to teams it deems terrorist organisations, together with the PKK.
(Reporting by Daren Butler in Istanbul; Modifying by Matthew Lewis)
