Get Real! wrote:3. Drive a constant wedge in the Greco-Turkish relationship. Tsipras is slipping and the RoC government should be alarmed and act fast to realign Greece’s course in the desired direction.
I don't know if he's playing the Turks back at their own game, you know, being two-faced and acting all diplomatic. His cover nearly slipped the other day when he posted an anti-Turkey tweet against their downing of the Russian jet but then apparently deleted it. He's still our best bet as an ally of Putin's now that Christofias is gone.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has attacked his Turkish counterpart on Twitter after the downing of a Russian plane, prompting an admonishing reply.
Mr Tsipras posted four tweets on Sunday addressed to Ahmet Davutoglu, complaining about Turkish violations of Greek airspace.
"Fortunately our pilots are not mercurial as yours against the Russians," his first tweet read.
Mr Davutoglu replied urging Mr Tsipras to "focus on our positive agenda".
The exchange followed last week's downing of the Russian warplane, which Turkey said had violated its airspace while carrying out missions in Syria. Russia denied the plane was over Turkish territory and a major diplomatic row ensued.
'Communication disaster'
The exchange came as both prime ministers attended the European Union-Turkey summit on refugees in Brussels on Sunday.
Mr Tsipras said in his tweets: "What is happening in the Aegean is outrageous and unbelievable. We're spending billions on weapons. You--to violate our airspace, we--to intercept you.
"We have the most modern aerial weapons systems--and yet, on the ground, we can't catch traffickers who drown innocent people."
It was unclear whether Mr Tsipras was conveying a conversation he had had with Mr Davutoglu.
Mr Tsipras's tweets were later deleted from his English Twitter account, where instead a tweet read: "We are in the same neighborhood and we have to talk honestly so we can reach solutions #EUTurkey."
But the comments were still up on his Greek account.
BBC
