A highly provocative statement was made by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu, questioning Greek sovereignty over the Aegean islands.
Speaking to the Turkish parliament and after being asked by the opposition parliamentary representative about the demilitarization status of the Aegean islands, the head of Turkish diplomacy replied that the islands should be demilitarized, but this regime has been violated since 1960 when the republic was republican. to the government.
He noted that Greece can not have the right to sovereignty over the islands, which it militarizes and for this reason a relevant letter was sent to the UN.
“Opposition MP Engin Altai has accused our government of violating the demilitarized regime in the Aegean islands. This is a national issue. These islands were ceded to Greece under the conditions of Lausanne and Paris. On the condition of demilitarization. Greece has been militarizing these islands since 1960. It is not something new. But what did we do? We sent a letter to the UN and stressed that in case Greece continues to violate the demilitarized regime of the islands, it will not be able to claim that it has the right to sovereignty over them. And that is what we recorded at the UN. ”
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