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The Grand Turk
Turkey demands Greek demilitarization of Chios
2020-09-16
[ALMASDARNEWS] While Greek and Ottoman Turkish military representatives will meet for the third time under NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
 brokered talks on Tuesday, the threat of military escalation between both nations continue to rise.

Following growing tensions between both nations, the Ottoman Turkish Navy issued a navigational warning demanding that Greece completely demilitarizes the island of Chios. The warning was issued on Monday evening.

The Navy’s office for Hydrography and Oceanography is claiming that Greece is violating the 1923 Lausanne Peace Treaty.

The office of the Ottoman Turkish Foreign Ministry reiterated the claim and called for the demilitarization of 16 islands near the Ottoman Turkish coastline.

According to Ottoman Turkish Foreign Minister Hulusi Akar, the treaty of Lausanne states that 21 islands must not be militarized, while the Greek military is stationed on 16 of them.
Posted by:Fred

#1  As soon as Turkey "de-militarizes" it's presence on Cyprus ... maybe.
Posted by: magpie   2020-09-16 00:18  

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