Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of "lying" for his remark on the refugee crisis.
Attending a joint press conference with visiting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Erdogen said, "It is truly ingratitude to say that the refugee crisis is caused by Turkey."
He also added that it was Greece that has pushed refugees to their deaths in the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas.
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Mitsotakis, denying the claims that his government pushed back the refugees, said on Tuesday that Greece intercepted boats coming from Turkey but , Xinhua news agency reported.
"So rather than blaming Greece, you should put it on those who have been instrumentalizing migration systematically," he added.
Thousands of refugees are gathering on the Belarusian side of the border in an attempt to enter Poland and then Germany to seek asylum.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday discussed the issue with his Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau on the phone.
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