Greater Middle East (bbabo.net), - Turkey intends to appeal to NATO in connection with the fact that the Greek air defense systems used the missile system from the S-300 system against the F-16 aircraft of the Turkish Air Force.
This was reported on August 29 by Yeni Şafak, citing a high-ranking source in the Turkish Ministry of Defense.
The newspaper, in turn, refers to a CNN report that on August 28, the Greek side on the island of Crete used S-300 air defense systems to capture and escort Turkish F-16 reconnaissance aircraft.
In this regard, official Ankara intends to discuss the incident with "colleagues in NATO and the United States." Of particular indignation is the fact that no one condemned Greece for the use of Russian air defense systems against Turkey. While themselves are constantly reproached for the purchase of S-400 systems.
“We are under pressure on the S-400, but Greece is actively using the S-300. When we pointed this out, we were told: “Not used, stored in hangars, used only in exercises.” But it turned out that this is not true, ”said the source of the publication.
Recall that relations between Ankara and Athens have deteriorated sharply in the past few months due to a dispute over the status of the islands in the eastern Aegean Sea, which passed to Greece following the Lausanne Treaty of 1923.
The countries continued to argue about the delimitation of territorial waters and airspace, and Turkey made claims to Greece because of armaments on the islands.
And this is not the only territorial dispute between the two countries. Recall that Greece and Turkey have been members of NATO since February 1952. However, after the conflict between the countries in Cyprus in the mid-1970s, Greece decided to withdraw from the military bloc.
At the same time, the island was divided between the predominantly Greek and Turkish population. Greece again became a member of the alliance only in 1980.
Earlier, bbabo.net reported that Greece launched a missile from the Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) at Turkish aircraft carrying out a reconnaissance mission.
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