Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos made the following response to a journalist’s question regarding today’s statements from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan concerning “conditions” for the reopening of the Halki Seminary:
“Greece’s position on the issue is crystal clear and in accordance with international law, and it has been expressed repeatedly. Any further public discussion of the issue would be counterproductive.”
October 8, 2013