Greece says Erdogan remarks on islands 'dangerous' for bilateral ties

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras attends a parliamentary session before a vote for an omnibus bill cutting spending on pensions, speed up privatisations and reform the electricity market, in Athens, Greece, September 27, 2016. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece on Friday accused neighbouring Turkey of endangering ties between the two NATO allies by questioning the wisdom of an almost century-old treaty that established the modern boundaries between the two countries.

At a speech in Ankara on Thursday, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the Treaty of Lausanne, a 1923 peace accord which forged modern Greece and Turkey's borders, was essentially a defeat for Turkey because it "gave away" islands to Greece.