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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Ezgi Erkoyun

Turkey's Erdogan tells Greece not to arm demilitarised islands

FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan arrives for a welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, June 8, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Greece should stop arming islands in the Aegean Sea that have a demilitarised status and abide by international agreements, in comments likely to further fuel long-running tensions between the neighbours.

The NATO allies have long been at odds over issues such as maritime boundaries and claims over their respective continental shelves in the Mediterranean Sea, as well as airspace, migrants and ethnically split Cyprus.

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