Just hours before setting foot in Athens for a historical visit as the first Turkish President to come in 65 years, Recep Tayyip Erdogan angered Greece. In an interview, diplomatically unacceptable towards his host, Erdogan reiterated the steadfast Turkish claims to revise the Treaty of Lausanne and change the bilateral borders in the Aegean Sea.

In an interview with Skai TV, Erdogan suggested that the Treaty of Lausanne, which set out the modern borders between Greece and Turkey, be updated.