Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu now returns to the topic of so-called gray areas almost daily, reminding us that, according to Turkey, in the Aegean Sea “there are islands and rocks whose ownership is unclear, since this is not determined by agreements”, such as Lausanne and Parisian. “We rightly say that they are ours, while Greece says that they are hers,” the head of Turkish diplomacy said, referring to these islands and islets.

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However, Mr. Tsavusoglu also remembered the crisis in Imia. According to the Turkish foreign minister, then, after the crisis in Imia, “governments at that time said: ‘Let’s start preliminary negotiations’.”

“We have continued this (preliminary talks) because it is a positive step. We are discussing how to solve these problems,” continued the Turkish Foreign Minister, who, however, accused Greece of mismatching airspace and territorial waters.

“Now when they (Greeks) claim 10 miles of airspace over 6-mile territorial waters and our aircraft enters this airspace, for these 4 miles, they claim that this is contrary to international law,” said M. Tsavusoglu, while of course it cannot go unnoticed Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s AK Party election video showing Western Thrace and several Greek islands as Turkish territories.