Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias called the Turkish Supreme Court’s decision to annul the decision protecting the status of Hagia Sophia as a museum “a provocation to global cultural heritage and to UNESCO.”

Mr Dendias briefed his counterparts from the European People’s Party on Turkey’s provocative actions during a teleconference with the EU Foreign Affairs Council on Monday.

“During the teleconference of the Foreign Ministers from @EPP, I informed my colleagues about the provocation it poses to world cultural heritage, as well as to @UNESCO, the decision that invalidates Kemal Ataturk’s 1934 decree on its protection. Hagia Sophia through its transformation into a Museum “, he wrote on twitter.