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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Greece and Turkey criticise eachother

Many know how the two countries have had a troublesome past, which unfortunately continue till this day. Visiting Turkey Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou criticised Turkey for ongoing flights over the Aegean, giving an example of a recent violation of air space over the Aegean, flying over the Greek island Agathonisi. Mr. Papandreou said that nothing will change in the Aegean as long as Turkey violates Greek airspace by flying planes over populated Greek islands. Another matter was the Cyprus issue. George Papandreou stated  that Turkey cannot become a member of the EU as long as the invasion in Cyprus continues. Again the issue of the minorities arose where both PMs criticised each other on this matter.
It is evident that progress between the two countries is evident since both PMs have met on countless occasions and have discussed many issues that have been troubling both nations. But further talks and action should be taken by both countries to try and solve the ongoing problems.

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