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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-09-02
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[01] Greek-US relations entering a new phase, says U.S. Ambassador Pearce
in farewell meeting
[02] Turkish military planes enter Athens FIR, in first infringement
since July 14
[01] Greek-US relations entering a new phase, says U.S. Ambassador Pearce
in farewell meeting
Greek-American relations are entering a new, very productive phase,
since Greece is an extremely important partner of the United States
because of its geopolitical importance, the U.S. Ambassador to Greece,
David Pearce, said on Friday, during a meeting with Alternate Minister
for European Affairs Nikos Xydakis.
Xydakis hosted a farewell luncheon for the ambassador who is retiring
and therefore leaving Greece in the first two weeks of September.
Pearce also praised the efforts of Greece to exit the economic crisis
and become a pillar of stability and security for the entire region,
despite having received huge flows of refugees into it over the past year,
according to a press release by the foreign ministry.
[02] Turkish military planes enter Athens FIR, in first infringement
since July 14
A pair of Turkish fighter planes on Friday entered the Athens Flight
Information Region (FIR), in the first infringement of the Athens FIR
since a failed coup attempt in the neighbouring country. According
the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS), the Turkish Air
Force F-16s entered the Athens FIR without submitting flight plans
in the southeastern Aegean, committing one violation for air traffic
regulations.
The two Turkish aircraft were not armed and were identified and
intercepted by Greek fighter jets.
The last Athens FIR infringement was on July 14, the day before the coup
attempt, when six Turkish fighter planes and three naval cooperation
CN-235 aircraft had entered the Athens FIR without submitting flight
plans, committing four violations of air traffic rules that turned into
16 violations of national airspace in various parts of the Aegean.
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