Government spokesman Dimitris Tsiordas, commenting on Wednesday's references by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to the economic situation in Greece, stressed that Greece "would expect from its neighbours to respect its problems instead of clamouring." Tsiodras added that "Turkey has a great deal of ground to cover in order to even reach Greece's current reduced average GDP per capita." The government spokesman concluded by saying "it is therefore better for our neighbouring country to deal with its own problems, taking care in parallel to observe a more constructive stance in bilateral relations."
