Officials: PM did not discuss Thrace Muslims with Erdogan

(Kathimerini) Greek officials said Friday that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis never discussed issues that concern Greek citizens or the country’s sovereign rights with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The officials were responding to claims by Erdogan that the “problems of Western Thrace” was the “main issue” he raised with Mitsotakis at their meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius on Wednesday.

The officials said Mitsotakis would never accept to discuss such issues with Erdogan.

But Mitsotakis did raise with Erdogan the involvement of the Turkish consulate in Komotini in the recent Greek elections.

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