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Erdogan blanks Greek prime minister over US remarks: BBC

May 24,2022 18:05

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he no longer recognises the leader of neighbouring Greece and will refuse to meet him at a planned summit.

Mr Erdogan accused Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of seeking to block the sale of American-made F-16 fighter jets to Turkey while visiting the US, BBC reports.

“There’s no longer anyone called Mitsotakis in my book,” Mr Erdogan told reporters after a cabinet meeting.

The row comes amid Turkey’s threats to block a proposed expansion of Nato.

Ankara has accused Finland and Sweden of harbouring members of Kurdish militias that it says pose a risk to Turkey.

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