“You can’t claim to be a reliable interlocutor and then act like that,” he said characteristically
“It was a big mistake for Turkey to try to send migrants to Europe through the Evros in 2020» admitted the country’s former ambassador to the EU, Selim Yenel, speaking at a conference at Harvard.
“You can’t claim to be a reliable conversationalist and then act like onehe said characteristically, attributing the responsibility for the unprecedented action to the then minister of the interior of Greece.
In fact, as he said, he exposed himself reassuring the Europeans who were worried at the time that such an action was not going to take place despite the relevant public statements of Turkish officials.
The public admission of the experienced diplomat was made in the presence of the Greek Minister of Immigration, Dimitris Kairidis, who characterized the self-criticism as welcome and courageous, emphasizing the new phase in which Greek-Turkish relations have entered, with Athens now acting as an intermediary for a new EU-Turkey agreement .
The immigration minister presented the Greek positions on the hot topic of immigration, pointing out the importance of returns as a condition for the success of the European asylum policy.
He made special mention of the new Greek law that creates a legal work path for irregular immigrants, underlining the need to consolidate security policies as a condition for the success of such policies
Source: Skai
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