The Greek government has lodged demarches with the Turkish government in Ankara and the Turkish embassy in Athens over violations of Greek airspace by Turkish warplanes in the past few days, government spokesman Theodoros Roussopoulos said Thursday.

Responding to press questions during a regular briefing, Roussopoulos noted that although violations of Greek airspace by Turkish warplanes had dropped by 44 percent in comparison to last year, such violations were nevertheless continuing and "this is unfortunate".

   In the latest of a recent spate of violations, two Turkish F-4 warplanes flew over the north-eastern part of Limnos island, at an altitude of only 500 feet, in the early afternoon on Wednesday and were intercepted by Greek air force jets.

Source: Athens News Agency

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