Greece decries Turkish refusal to discuss plant

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said Wednesday that the construction of a nuclear plant at Akkuyu in southern Turkey is a security concern for the wider region and decried Ankara's failure to discuss the issue with its neighbors.

"Turkey wants to build a nuclear power plant in Akkuyu. Shouldn't neighboring countries agree on security parameters? There is a fault in the wider area. This area is not without earthquakes. Isn't this a danger for Greece?" Dendias said. He also bemoaned Turkey's stance in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean. "Instead of addressing the common problems, [Ankara] proposes the resolution of largely nonexistent disputes," he said.

As for the recent situation in the southern part of the Evros River where Ankara is presenting a patch of the area as Turkish, Dendias said the dispute has been created due to changes in the riverbed which...

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