"Greece slams Turkey's support to Macedonia's name"
Makfax vesnik:
Athens /19/12/ 12:47
Greece slammed Turkey's support to Macedonia's NATO entry by its constitutional name, Greek media said on Wednesday.
'Turkey, same as other NATO member states, was duly notified about the conditions in which Greece will use its veto powers. Turkey is well aware that members of NATO as well as of the European Union are entitled to certain rights, including the possibility to exercise such rights,' Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis said.
Bakoyannis' statement comes one day after the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spelled out Turkey's full support to Macedonia's NATO membership, noting that Turkey would do its outmost to ensure that Macedonia gets NATO membership invitation next year.
During the talks with Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who visited Ankara on Tuesday, Turkish PM Erdogan said Greece has no right to urge an independent and a sovereign country to change its name. /end/"
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