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New Greek Alternate Minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos, who holds the sensitive migration policy portfolio within the public order ministry, on Wednesday said Athens continues to emphasis the need for a full implementation 2016 EU-Turkey migrant readmission protocol, asked about inflammatory comments by the Turkish foreign minister hours earlier.

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.