He added that Greece was today also developing its military ties with Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Egypt, Syria and Israel. Armenian defense minister Sarkisyan for his part said that the preparations for the accord with Greece had been continuing for over two years. Sarkisiyan also said that Greek army officers were today helping the Armenian army. He added that they wanted Iran, Syria, certain Arab countries and Georgia to be included in this forum. Turkish Defense Minister Oltan Sungurlu was quoted by the Anatolian news agency on Tuesday as saying that such a development posed no threat to Turkey's security.
Turkey is in a position to cope with much bigger countries.
But we are still bothered by our neighbors establishing such relations among themselves. I don't know the reasons for Greece's wanting to be in the Caucasus, but this also has to be accepted. Greece does not have a friendly attitude towards Turkey. Deputy Mumtaz Soysal for his part said that while Greece could establish what ties it wanted with any country it chose, this did not prevent Turkey from speaking its mind if it was faced with a situation that angered it. For the opposite reason that we don't want a military base in Albania they want a base in this region.