Turkey's UN envoy expresses Greece's continuous flagrant violations

2021-07-17 04:23:51

(MENAFN)Turkish UN envoy submitted Greece's "continuous flagrant violations" in the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Greece has run afoul of "her solemn treaty obligations" in those waters, including violations of "basic provisions" in the Lausanne and Paris Peace Treaties that islands in the Aegean and Mediterranean gave up to Athens would remain demilitarized, according to a letter by Feridun Sinirlioglu to Guterres.

Sinirlioglu further declared that "The Turkish government is in possession of detailed and well-documented information regarding the ongoing militarization of those islands in contravention of."

The official added that "Greece's continuing deliberate and persistent material breach of the demilitarization provisions of the Lausanne and Paris Peace Treaties, which are essential to the accomplishment of their object and purpose, constitutes a serious threat to the security of Turkey. Equally importantly and given their escalatory nature, such breaches carry wider implications in terms of a threat to peace and security in the region."

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