Athens says Erdogan remarks on Lausanne Treaty 'dangerous' for bilateral ties

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has described Thursday's comments by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that expressed regret over the Lausanne Treaty, signed in 1923, as "dangerous."

"Questioning the Lausanne Treaty, which clearly and definitively settled Greek-Turkish relations, as well as the status of the Aegean and its islands, is dangerous for relations between the two countries and the wider region," he said Friday during a meeting of the Council for Foreign Policy and Defense (KYSEA).

He insisted that, regardless of the "real causes" behind these comments, and similar ones in the past that challenge international legality, Greece will not go down the same route.

Greece, he said, will continue work to strengthen its role as "a pillar of peace and stability in a volatile region."

In light of the Turkish president's propensity for incendiary comments,...