> TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER HAKAN FIDAN ON GREECE:
> WE ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF TENSIONS IN THE AEGEAN.
> WE ABSOLUTELY DO NOT ACCEPT THE MILITARIZATION OF ISLANDS THAT HAVE A DEMILITARIZED STATUS, AND WE HAVE MADE VERY PERSISTENT EFFORTS ON THIS ISSUE.
> THIS REGION NEEDS PEACE, NOT MILITARIZATION.