GREECE'S FOREIGN MINISTER DORA BAKOYANNIS SAID ON SUNDAY THAT TURKEY WILL FACE A «BIG PROBLEM» IF IT DOES NOT OPEN ITS PORTS AND AIRPORTS TO CYPRUS AS PART OF A DEAL WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION, AP REPORTED. «THE EUROPEAN UNION CANNOT ACCEPT, AS ITS MEMBER, A COUNTRY WHICH ONLY SELECTIVELY ACCEPTS EU PRINCIPLES,» BAKOYANNIS TOLD STATE-RUN NET TELEVISION. «NO COUNTRY CAN JOIN THIS WAY ... TURKEY WILL HAVE A BIG PROBLEM,» SHE SAID REFERRING TO THE CUSTOMS UNION TREATY. THE REMARKS FOLLOWED A RENEWED THREAT OF TENSION BETWEEN NATO ALLIES FOLLOWING A COLLISION BETWEEN A GREEK AND TURKISH MILITARY JETS ON TUESDAY OVER THE AEGEAN SEA, WHERE THE TWO COUNTRIES HAVE DISPUTED AIRSPACE.
