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Sunday, April 22, 2018

Athens rejects proposal to exchange Turkish ‘coup plotters’ for ‘unjustifiably held’ Greek soldiers

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday rejected any suggestion of a trade-off for the release of two Greek soldiers it says are being unjustifiably held by Turkey in a case that has deepened strains between the two Nato allies. The rhetoric between the two neighbours with deep-rooted historical disputes has sharpened, with two Greek soldiers detained by Turkey and eight Turkish soldiers seeking asylum in Greece the focal point of verbal jousting in recent months. Turkey rages after...


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