Greece has rejected yet another Turkish demand to demilitarize its islands, saying it 'goes beyond simple logic', Kathimerini reported.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has reiterated a call for Greece to demilitarize the islands, warning that if Athens does not change its position, there will be a debate questioning its sovereignty.

“Regarding the latest accusations of Turkish officials about the status of the Aegean islands, we reject them in their entirety,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexandros Papaioannou told a journalist.

“These accusations not only do not comply with basic principles of international law, but they also go beyond simple logic. The Greek position on this issue has been expressed repeatedly and publicly.”

Papaioannou said that Athens had sent a letter to the Secretary General from the Permanent Representative of Greece to the UN on this issue.

Greece also rejects Ankara's unilateral claims against the delimitation of the continental shelf in the Eastern Mediterranean, he said, noting that they ignore fundamental norms of international law, and in particular international maritime law.