For the first time in Turkey a foreign diplomat and thus the Greek Foreign Minister did not mince his words and told Ankara what its neighbor think of a series of illegal actions and claims. The joint statements of guest Greek FM Nikos Dendias and host Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu transmitted live on TV turned into a bras-de-fer aside all diplomatic protocol, the vague and empty commitments, the pleasantry and the usual niceness.
What began with hopes of improved relations quickly descended into acrimonious accusations from both sides.
Dendias challenged live Cavusoglu by practically referring to all the bilateral differences by name: All the Turkish actions inclduing the air space violations in the area that are illegal, there is not Turkish but Muslim minority in Thrace according to the Treaty of Lasusanne, the Treaty cannot be revoked and demilitarization of the Greek islands cannot take place if Turkey had its army at the coast.