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The Turkish Foreign Ministry speaks of a flight without the planned plan, referring to the incident with the government plane, which transported Greek Chancellor Nikos Dendias from Baghdad to Athens.
According to Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy, “The Greek Foreign Minister was allowed to fly to Iraq, but after the Baghdad plane crash, the Greek side used a second aircraft which was allowed to use our airspace “. with the same number “.
“The news that Mr. Dendias’ plane was stopped before entering our airspace is guided and does not correspond to reality,” Aksoi said, among other things.
A spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry said: “The plane took off from Iraq without presenting a flight plan and the Eurocontrol system confirms it.” When it arrived in Turkish airspace, the Iraqi authorities immediately requested the flight plan and as soon as the plane was delivered, it continued safely. “
“Of course, no plane can fly without a flight plan.” In this case, the safety of the Greek foreign minister was our main concern, “Aksoi concluded.
Earlier, according to diplomatic sources, the Greek embassy in Ankara was instructed to protest to the Turkish Foreign Ministry, at a time when the Turkish side initially attributed the incident to a technical error by the corresponding Turkish service.
According to the same sources, the Turkish side, on its own initiative, gave explanations to the Greek embassy in Ankara before the move.
The Greek embassy in Ankara will return to ensure that such an incident is not repeated.
Turkey kept the plane with N. Dendias in the air for 20 minutes.
It is recalled that on Wednesday night, a few hours before the Summit, Turkey held the plane carrying Nikos Dendias in the air for 20 minutes as part of his trip to Iraq.
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