Greece provoking Turkey by claiming sovereignty over islets, country's ambassador to the EU says

Greece is provoking Turkey by claiming sovereignty over islets and rocky formations in the Aegean Sea, Turkey's ambassador to the EU, Faruk Kaymakc, has told the Euractiv news website in an interview published Friday.

"Some try to portray Turkey as an aggressive country but what is the point of putting flowers on a rock, on a small islet in the Aegean Sea? Why do we need that? What is the point of putting a Greek flag on an island where there is no one? And what is the point of flying over these small islets and rocks, which are not even inhabited? These actions will not satisfy any claim of sovereignty but just cause provocations," Kaymakc said adding that until the delimitation between the interested parties has been agreed, "no one can claim any territory or territorial waters in disputed areas."

"Flowers, flags or even picnics on these islets are provocations...