(MENAFN) Turkey’s foreign minister blames Greece and the EU over the passing of 19 irregular refugees due to cold weather near the nations’ shared frontier.
Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a joint news meeting with Finnish foreign minister Pekka Haavisto in Ankara "As much as Greece, the EU is also to blame, because we know how Turkey would be criticized if it did one-tenth of this.”
Cavusoglu further stated “But on the contrary, Greece gets support in this regard and they have an excuse, (saying) ‘Greece protects the borders of the EU,’ whereas (in fact) the borders of Europe start from Turkey in the east and south,"
He added while mentioning thousands of refugees expatriated by Greece "Unfortunately Greece has continued its pushback policy by openly violating human rights in violation of international law," “In the middle of the Aegean Sea, many immigrants lost their lives because of these pushbacks, even because Greece skewered these boats and pierced them with guns.”
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