‘Breach of international law, could trigger tensions’: Turkey warns Greece over drills on Aegean island

‘Military drills carried out by Greece on the Aegean island of Kos are against international law and could spark tensions between Athens and Ankara, a Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
“We call on our neighbor Greece to refrain from unilateral actions that… could trigger tensions and are against international law,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Huseyin Muftuoglu said in a statement on Friday, according to Reuters.
The exercises breached a 1947 treaty that prohibited this kind of activity on the island, Muftuoglu noted, adding that Turkey could take preventive measures if necessary.
A source from the Greek Defense Ministry confirmed that the scheduled drills involving Greek Special Forces parachuting onto Kos did take place and will continue.’
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