Greece denies meeting with Turkish delegation at NATO
- 4 yıl önce
Athens refused reports that Turkish and Greek delegations "exchanged views" over on deescalation mechanism to NATO, while Ankara says the opposite.
Greece has denied that it attended technical talks with a Turkish military delegation at NATO headquarters.
ANA news agency quoted diplomatic sources in Athens on Thursday as saying that the Greek delegation did not “exchange views” with Turkish authorities.
“They said that a Greek officer went to the office of the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee to submit Greece's comments on the NATO Secretary-General's proposals on a possible deescalation mechanism,” ANA said.
“The Chairman of the Military Committee asked the Greek officer for a series of clarifications on the submitted comments,” it added.
Claiming that “there was no dialogue with the Turkish officers,” the sources said, Turkey’s statements on the meeting was a “part of Turkey's ongoing effort to present an unrealistic picture in order to avoid potential sanctions,
Greece has denied that it attended technical talks with a Turkish military delegation at NATO headquarters.
ANA news agency quoted diplomatic sources in Athens on Thursday as saying that the Greek delegation did not “exchange views” with Turkish authorities.
“They said that a Greek officer went to the office of the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee to submit Greece's comments on the NATO Secretary-General's proposals on a possible deescalation mechanism,” ANA said.
“The Chairman of the Military Committee asked the Greek officer for a series of clarifications on the submitted comments,” it added.
Claiming that “there was no dialogue with the Turkish officers,” the sources said, Turkey’s statements on the meeting was a “part of Turkey's ongoing effort to present an unrealistic picture in order to avoid potential sanctions,