In an interview with Turkish news agency Anadolu on Sunday, General Secretary of the North Atlantic Alliance Jens Stoltenberg said that the tense relations between the neighbouring countries are not of NATO’s concern.

“It is a matter which Greece and Turkey will have to solve exclusively between themselves”, NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview to Turkish news agency Anadolu, referring to the arrest and detainment of the two Greek officers by Turkey.

On the eve of his visit to FYROM, Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg told FYROM’s state news agency that the country was welcome to join the military alliance, but only when the name dispute with Greece had been settled.