China News Service reported on May 5th that on May 4th local time, the Greek authorities said that during the country ’s defense minister ’s special plane inspection of the island, Turkish fighters "harassed" it and condemned it as a kind of Provocative behavior. Turkey denied this, saying that the Turkish fighters were on a routine flight.
According to reports, the Greek side said the incident occurred on the 3rd. At that time, Greek Defense Minister Panayo Topoulos and Chief of General Staff Floros took a military helicopter to inspect the border between Greece and Turkey. Shortly after the helicopter took off from the border island of Inuses, two Turkish warplanes flew over the island; they then approached the other Greek island Agathonisi.
After the incident, the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement strongly condemning the provocative actions of Turkish fighters and demanding that the Turkish government obey the rules.
Turkey accused Greece of trying to increase tension. Turkey denied that the country's fighter plane "harassed" the Greek helicopter, saying it was a routine flight.