Turkey: Germany must be impartial in disputes with Greece

Published July 29, 2022 5:58 AM

By AYSE WIETING and SUZAN FRASER
Associated Press

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister is calling on Germany to be an “honest broker” in disputes between Turkey and Greece. Mevlut Cavusoglu made the comment Friday during a tense news conference with Germany’s foreign minister who arrived in Turkey after also holding talks in Greece. German’s foreign minister criticized Turkey for disputing the sovereignty of Greek islands near its coastline. She has also urged Greece to make sure that it complies with European Union values and stamps out any illegal pushbacks of migrants at the border. In Istanbul, the Turkish and German envoys volleyed grievances back and forth, including over Turkey’s human rights issues and its plans for a new military incursion into Syria.

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