(MENAFN) Turkiye refused Athens’ “baseless” claims that Turkish airplane destroyed Greece’s airspace.
As stated by Tanju Bilgic, spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry, an F-16 aircraft for the Greek Air Force destroyed Turkish airspace on Monday and Tuesday.
The Turkish Air Force responded to these "provocative violations" on Wednesday, according to “reciprocity and in accordance with their rules of engagement,” Bilgic added.
He further underscored "In this regard, we reject the baseless allegations and accusations in their entirety made against Turkiye by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs in its statement dated May 20 and we strongly condemn the Greek violations of our airspace."
He continued that with Friday's declaration, Greek side is again trying to create a confusion on Ankara in worldwide public.
On the words of Bilgic "In order for such incidents not to recur, Greece needs to end its provocative actions in the Aegean and demonstrate a serious approach and commit to the Confidence Building Measures process initiated both bilaterally and at NATO, the meetings of which Greece has been refraining from attending for a year."
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