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AFP
Ankara
Turkey on Friday threatened to abandon a key pillar of a deal with the EU to reduce the migrant flow after Greece blocked the extradition of alleged coup suspects.
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Ankara was considering scrapping a"readmission agreement" under which Turkey has been taking in migrants sent back across the Aegean after landing illegally in Greece.
His remarks followed Thursday's decision by the Greek Supreme Court not to hand over eight former military officers wanted in connection with last year's failed putsch in a move which angered Ankara.
The move has put a severe strain on diplomatic ties between the two neighbours who have been working closely on both the refugee issue and to resolve the Cyprus dispute through talks in Geneva.
"We are now considering what we are going to do," Cavusoglu said.
