"Europe and of course Greece send Turkey the same long-lasting message: peace," President Prokopios Pavlopoulos said on Wednesday from the National Guard of Panagia in the Aegean.

The European Union must "reach the limits of its laws" in order to assist work to restore quake-stricken Vrisa and another 12 settlements on the island of Lesvos, President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Sunday while visiting the village.

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said Turkey cannot hope to have its European prospects open when it failed to respect monuments such as Hagia Sophia.