Turkey says Greek military exercise on Aegean island breached international law


  • World
  • Friday, 03 Feb 2017

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey accused Greece on Friday of breaching international law by carrying out a military exercise on an island in the Aegean Sea, in an escalating row between the two NATO allies.

The Turkish foreign ministry said it was aware of Greek media reports that Greek special forces had parachuted onto Kos and said the exercise was a breach of a 1974 treaty that banned all such training on the island.

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