Tsipras' comments came in a series of tweets late on Sunday, posted on the Greek and English versions of his account as president of the Syriza party.
The English tweets were deleted later on, even though the remarks still showed up on his Greek account at the time of publication of this article.
In the angry tweets directed towards Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Tsipras cited the recent downing of a Russian fighter jet by Turkey's air forces and praised the stance of Greek pilots for not being "as mercurial" as the Turkish ones.
- The tweets came after a Brussels summit, also attended by Davutoglu, during which the EU agreed to offer Turkey $3.2bn and political concessions in return for handling the refugees from war-torn countries on its territory.
Davutoglu hit back, urging his Greek counterpart to "focus on our positive agenda".
- On November 26, Greek media reported that six Turkish fighter jets violated Greece's national air space in the northeastern Aegean Sea, quoting Greek defence officials.
Mock dogfights between aircraft from the two neighbouring counties have been going on for years.
The tweets were sent from Tsipras' account as president of the Syriza party, instead of the official account used by Greek prime ministers .
aljazeera.com
30/11/15
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Greek PM Tsipras takes on Turkish PM on Twitter...
ReplyDeleteA highly unusual online exchange took place on Twitter between the prime ministers of Greece and Turkey before the former deleted his tweets - but only from the English version of his account.
The official English-speaking account of Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras (@Tsipras_eu) posted four tweets addressed to his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoğlu, needling him about Turkey's downing of a Russian jet and Turkey's violations of Greek airspace.
"Our pilots are not mercurial as yours against the Russians" Tsipras tweeted.
Tsipras said the two countries should focus on saving refugees, not on weapons...............http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has attacked his Turkish counterpart on Twitter after the downing of a Russian plane, prompting an admonishing reply...
ReplyDeleteMr Tsipras posted four tweets on Sunday addressed to Ahmet Davutoglu, complaining about Turkish violations of Greek airspace.
"Fortunately our pilots are not mercurial as yours against the Russians," his first tweet read.
Mr Davutoglu replied urging Mr Tsipras to "focus on our positive agenda".
The exchange followed last week's downing of the Russian warplane, which Turkey said had violated its airspace while carrying out missions in Syria. Russia denied the plane was over Turkish territory and a major diplomatic row ensued...............http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34962348
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