Ankara, Nov 12 : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of “lying” about the refugee crisis.:88801100011088 Ankara : , Recep Tayyip Erdan has accused Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Greek Prime Minister of lying about the refugee crisis. “It is truly ingratitude to say that the refugee crisis is caused by Turkey,” Erdogan said at a joint press conference with visiting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.Erdogan stated, “It’s truly ingratitude for you to claim that the refugee crises are caused by Turkey,” he said during a press conference jointly with Viktor Orban, the visiting Hungarian Prime Minster.
It is Greece that pushes refugees to their deaths in the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas, he added.He said that Greece is the one who pushes refugees to their death in the Mediterranean Seas and Aegean Seas.
Mitsotakis said on Tuesday that Greece intercepted boats coming from Turkey but denied claims that his government pushed back the refugees, Xinhua news agency reported.According to Xinhua, Mitsotakis stated Tuesday that Greece had intercepted ships coming from Turkey.
However, he denied that his government had forced the refugees back.
“So rather than blaming Greece, you should put it on those who have been instrumentalizing migration systematically,” he added.He said, “So instead of blaming Greece you should blame those who have been instrumentalizing immigration systematically.”
Thousands of refugees are gathering on the Belarusian side of the border in an attempt to enter Poland and then Germany to seek asylum.Many thousands of people are trying to cross the border to Poland from Belarus in order to claim asylum.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday discussed the issue with his Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau on the phone.
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