Athens reacts to Turkish Foreign Ministry statement on Pontic genocide

Athens is accusing Ankara of trying to "manipulate history" after the Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Tuesday denouncing comments by Greek politicians on the anniversary of the Pontic genocide, the massacre of ethnic Greeks by the Turks during World War I and the subsequent Greek-Turkish war.
"The Turkish Foreign Ministry's statement constitutes yet another unacceptable attempt to manipulate history," Greece's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday in a statement translated from the Greek.
"The recognition of historical fact, self-criticism and rejecting revisionism are a sign of strength, not weakness. They are a precondition for dialogue conducted in good faith and for the fight against the extremes of nationalism, for the conciliation between peoples and states, and their peaceful coexistence," it said.
"We all - particularly neighboring Turkey - have a...