Blinken expressed gratitude for the partnership between the US and Greece
Foreign Affairs
The World Should Take Him Seriously
"Unfortunately for Turkey, the numbers show who respects the Treaty of Lausanne: 120,000 Muslims in Greece, 3,000 Greeks in Turkey"
They are being expelled as personae non-gratae
Turkey's economic future is intimately tied to its international relationships
At the same time, it calls for the return to Turkey of everyone associated with Gulen
Ankara's ongoing challenges to Greek land & sea sovereignty are additional reasons to keep it from enjoying full acceptance in Europe & the rest of the West
Hard talk from Athens...
Earlier Turkey had accused Kotzias of "non-peaceful & irresponsible attitude" that "goes beyond the limits"