Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to arrive in Greece on an official visit on December 7-8, but the delay in the dispatch of a formal invitation accompanied by the lack of any official announcements by either side has shed some doubts, mainly due to possible obstacles during deliberations between the two countries’ diplomatic bodies regarding the details of the Turkish President’s program while in Greece.

The possibility of the nine Kurds arrested on Tuesday being linked to the visit by Turkish president Erdogan to Athens on 7 and 8 December is under consideration by Greek P{olicew (ELAS).

Greece's anti-terrorism service raided three apartments in central Athens on Nov. 28, detaining nine people for questioning on suspected of links to a far-leftist militant group outlawed in Turkey, police said.