European Parliament 15 October 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION P-2964/02 by James Fitzsimons (UEN) to the Council. Forest Focus.

3. As regards specifically Greece and Turkey, both countries have come close to depositing jointly their instruments of ratification (for Greece) or accession (for Turkey) to the Ottawa Convention. Marking and protection of Greek minefields along the Turkish border have, according to Greek sources, already resulted in a reduction of accidents by almost 90 % (cf.