“He not exists for me. I’ll by no means agree to fulfill with him,” Turkey’s Erdogan mentioned.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan mentioned on Monday that Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis “not exists” for him, accusing the Greek chief of attempting to dam gross sales of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey throughout a go to to the US.
“We had agreed to not embody third international locations in our dispute with him. Regardless of this, final week, he had a go to to the U.S. and talked on the Congress and warned them to not give F-16s to us,” Erdogan mentioned at a information convention following the weekly cupboard assembly.
“He not exists for me. I’ll by no means agree to fulfill with him. We’ll proceed our means with honourable politicians.”
Turkey and Greece, each NATO allies, have been at odds over a bunch of points similar to maritime boundaries, the extent of their continental cabinets, airspace, and ethnically break up Cyprus.
Throughout his go to to the US the place he met U.S. President Joe Biden and senior U.S. officers final week, Mitsotakis mentioned that Greece will begin procedures for the acquisition of F-35 fighter jets from the US by 2030.
Following Erdogan’s remarks, Greek authorities spokesman Giannis Oikonomou responded that Mitsotakis defends Greece’s rights and worldwide legislation and that Greece’s overseas coverage can be primarily based on its alliances.
“We can’t get right into a counter argument with Turkey’s management. Our coverage is a coverage of ideas,” he mentioned in a press release.
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