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Ankara scraps migrant readmission protocol with Greece over asylum case
Repeated decisions by Greece's judicial to free eight Turkish servicemen who've requested political asylum since July 16, 2016 generated the first major reaction by Turkey, with the country's foreign minister on Thursday saying Ankara has suspended its bilateral migrant readmission deal.
US ambassador to Athens in Ankara during Tillerson visit
The US Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey R. Pyatt will travel to Ankara, Turkey from 15 – 16 February to meet with the Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell and other regional Ambassadors to discuss the US energy agenda, among other things.
Greek Foreign Minister to visit Ankara on October 24
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will visit Ankara on 24 October. According to IBNA information, Turkey's Foreign Ministry has sent an invitation through the Turkish Embassy in Athens to the Greek Foreign Ministry, to visit the Turkish capital.