Greece’s foreign minister has lashed out at Turkey after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to strike Athens with ballistic missiles.
“It is unacceptable and universally condemnable for threats of a missile attack against Greece to be made by an allied country, a NATO member,” Nikos Dendias said Monday, arriving in Brussels for a European Union foreign affairs meeting.
“North Korean attitudes cannot and must not enter the North Atlantic Alliance,” he said.
Threatening Greece with a missile attack by a NATO ally is both unacceptable and utterly condemnable. North Korean-style attitudes cannot and must not be allowed to enter into the North Atlantic Alliance. (statement upon arrival at the #EU #FAC). pic.twitter.com/OJwHxnFqZU
— Nikos Dendias (@NikosDendias) December 12, 2022
Speaking during a town hall meeting with youths in the northern Turkish city of Samsun on Saturday, Erdogan said Turkey has begun making its own short-range ballistic missiles called Tayfun, which, he said, was “frightening the Greeks.”
“[The Greeks] say ‘it can hit Athens,’ said Erdogan, whose comments were aired late Sunday.
