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The Athens-Skopje relationship must on both sides be placed on firm foundations that will allow Athens to stop being phobic and introverted and will open the way for the resolution of other issues.

The government spokesman underlined that the Greek area of jurisdiction for search-and-rescue – which coincides with the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) - has been defined since the 1950s

The PM said that his views coincide with those of the European Council president, pointing out that "the EU's geopolitical and strategic interests are at stake here".

Turkey unilaterally abrogated its responsibilities linked to the 2016 EU-Turkey statement. It also sought to use human beings as pawns in an attempt to blackmail the EU. This is the same union that Turkey still aspires to join, or so it says.