Athens asked the European Union, today, Tuesday, to suspend the customs union agreement between Brussels and Ankara.

The Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias, said that the European Union should consider suspending the customs union agreement, which the union concluded with Turkey, according to what AFP reported.

This came in a letter addressed by the Greek Foreign Minister to the Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Oliver Vareli, in response to Turkey's repeated violations of the agreement.

And in August, Turkey sent a ship to explore for gas to the waters claimed by Greece, south of the Greek island of Kastelorizo.

The ship spent nearly a month in the area before withdrawing in early September.

At the conclusion of last week's summit, European Union leaders condemned Turkey's "unilateral actions and provocations" in the Mediterranean.

The bloc warned Ankara that it would consider imposing sanctions at its next summit in December if Turkey did not change its policy.

Source: Agencies

By:Nadeemy Haded