Ankara blasts president, PM over Armenia comments

Ankara slammed Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Thursday for comments on the Armenian Genocide when Armenia’s President Serzh Sarkisian visited Athens on Wednesday.

"The statements in question are the product of a pathetic mentality," said Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic.

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