Foreign Ministry spokesperson’s response to journalists’ questions regarding recent statements made by the Turkish Defence Minister, in the Turkish National Assembly, disputing Greece’s sovereignty over a number of Greek islands

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Konstantinos Koutras stated the following in response to journalists’ questions regarding the statements made recently by the Turkish Defence Minister, in the Turkish National Assembly, disputing Greece’s sovereignty over a number of Greek islands:

“No dispute or point of doubt whatsoever exists with regard to the status of any island or islet in the Aegean or the Eastern Mediterranean. What’s more, international legality is among the foundations of European culture and is not altered by intentions to violate International Law or by unilateral statements or actions.”