Turkey acts a factor for instability in the region, Petsas says

"Greece is methodically and consistently establishing the conviction throughout the world that it is a factor of peace and stability throughout SE Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean," government spokesperson Stelios Petsas said on Thursday during a press briefing.

He added: "Apart from its traditional participation in all international fora that promote the peaceful coexistence of peoples, in recent months it has delimited maritime zones with Italy and Egypt with absolute respect for good neighbourly relations and the law of the sea. Turkey, by contrast, acts as a troublemaker and a factor for instability in our wider region, either through the illegal Turkish-Libyan memorandum, or its illegal activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, or its successive illegal NAVTEX notices or the provocative rhetoric of its leadership."