American lawmakers have introduced a new bipartisan bill seeking to ban F-35 deliveries to an "increasingly hostile and authoritarian" Turkey, partly because of Ankara's decision to purchase Russia's missile defense systems.

New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who was attending anniversary celebrations in Alexandroupolis on Monday, referred to the ongoing detention of two Greek officers in Edirne prison in Turkey.

Turkey’s Permanent Delegate Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the European Union, Faruk Kaymakci added fuel to the fire of the Greek-Turkish relations by stating that “flowers, flags or picnics on these rocky islands were provocative” in an interview to Euroactiv.com.