Greece Dismisses Turkey’s Criticism over Historic Thrace Map Gift

Gerapetritis: The fact that "we didn't close the door to Turkey" is ignorant - News Bulletin 247

Greek diplomacy always performs the best for the homeland by Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis in an interview (mononews.gr) and referred extensively to all the latest international developments concerning Greece. Regarding the Safe Regulation, he said that it is clear that there is a transformation of the European Union to a more geopolitical character, which means that European defense should be strengthened. “In this context, the Union c…

Historic map gift from Houpis to the Ecumenical Patriarch sparks Turkish outrage – Defence Ministry shrugs off reaction as “laughable” | Orthodox Times (en)

Athens issued a strong response to Ankara’s objections regarding a historical map presented by the Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, General Dimitrios Houpis, to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew during his recent visit to Constantinople. According to sources from the Ministry of National Defence, the gift was purely symbolic in nature, and Turkey’s reaction was described as “absurd.” Military sources explained that the map pr…

Greece dismisses Turkey’s criticism over historic Thrace map gift

Ankara’s objections to a historic map presented by General Dimitrios Choupis, chief of the Armed Forces, to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew during his recent visit to Istanbul, drew a sharp response from Greece on Friday, which described the gift as “purely symbolic.”