Foreign minister insists Evros fence will be completed

The extension of the border fence across the Evros River will continue and will be completed, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias insisted to Kathimerini a few days after a series of demarches were exchanged between Greece and Turkey regarding a patch in the river's southern part.

"Borders are a given. They do not change and they cannot change," Dendias stressed and dismissed the "misinformation" that a Greek patch in the region of the Evros was occupied by Turkish forces.

He said the issue arose after Turkey lodged a demarche seeking information on the coordinates for the construction by Greece of the fence extension on the Evros. The demarche also asked that both countries come to an understanding on the issue.

Athens, Dendias said, rejected the Turkish request with a demarche of its own, "as what we do within the limits of our national sovereignty is our...

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