For developments of the Russian invasion of Ukrainethe stance of Greece and Turkey as well as Putin’s ultimatum to the West to pay for gas in rubles from Friday spoke, among other things, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias on SKAI and the show War in Ukraine with Nikos Stravelakis and Pavlos Tsimas.
Lavrov did not know
Mr. Dendias was o last western foreign minister found in Moscow and spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, 6 days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At this meeting, Mr. Lavrov had told him that there would be no Russian operation on Ukrainian territory.
As stated by Mr. Dendias his assessment is that Mr. Lavrov he did not know about the company at the time he gave the specific assurances. However, she stressed that in any case Russian invasion is so “tragically unacceptable in the 21st century that you do can not but condemn it in principle immediately and draw a broad red line that this is not tolerated.”
I will go to Kyiv
At the same time, the Foreign Minister noted that is going to go to Kyivwhile he stated that the Russian side during the siege and occupation of Mariupol violated every rule of humanitarian and international law, bombed residential areas, with many casualties among the civilians.
“It was extremely difficult for us to bring it back our consul from there who did not leave without the Ukrainians who were with him in the shelter .. He refused the offer to leave alone “ he said indicatively.
There are some faint optimistic signs in the Ukraine-Russia negotiations
Asked about what lies ahead of us from here on out and talking on developments in UkraineThe Mr. Dendias stated that you can not make assumptions but that the impression that the Russian side gives to everyone is that Russia made a huge mistake. He said Russia thought that the Russian army would be accepted as a liberator and that the Zelensky government and Ukraine would be dissolved as a state mechanism, but this did not happen. Now, the minister noted that some faint optimistic signs appear eg the agreement on the principle that it can be accepted that Ukraine does not join NATO, while he stressed that only Ukraine as a sovereign country can decide whether to make any territorial or constitutional concessions in the negotiations with Russia.
“It’s our (Western) moral obligation to support Ukraine and the Ukrainian people in this enormous commitment to their dignity and independence. If they themselves decide that they can, in the context of the negotiations with Russia, they may have some coincidences, we will support them. “We can not lead them to concessions,” he said.
At the same time, Mr. Dendias expressed the estimates that Ukraine will not go so far as to accept Donbas’s full concession to Russia.
“There may be a regime of autonomy with some increased rights, but that is a matter of work. “I do not know,” he said characteristically.
Greece-Turkey stance and Erdogan’s secret admiration for Putin
Referring to Greek point of view stressed how Greece is always in favor of communication channels as it does with Turkeynoting as an example the fact that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis went and had dinner with Turkish President Erdogan.
“There is no other way, if you do not talk you can not find an end,” he said.
Asked for the attitude of Turkey and the fact that although he is a member of NATO he does not apply sanctions against Russia and “steps on two boats”, the minister commented that in the long run no one can step on two boats. Will fall”.
He also stressed that everyone notices that Turkey does not apply sanctions and tolerates it due to the current situation and the weakness of multiple fronts.
Mr. Dendias, among other things, stated that the international review at the expense of the treaties and the territorial integrity of the states suffered a very serious climate and that Turkey understood this very well. As she explained in the rhetoric of her executives, it is obvious that there is a change of tone and targeting. He even talked about Erdogan’s secret admiration for Putinas the strong man who imposes his will and that with this cancellation of political power in Ukraine, Turkey sees the revisionist narrative fail.
The minister also stressed that Despite Erdogan’s efforts to present himself as an irrational, unpredictable player, he understands the international climate very well and as Mr. Dendias predicts, Turkey will try to change the way it presents its positions so as not to be opposed to international climate that has been created.
The same clarified that Turkey is not Russia and we are not Ukraine and we can very well defend our national rights while estimated that the Turkey from the international atmosphere will be forced to drop the tones and in practice cancel out any real revision of it in the foreseeable future.
In particular, he stated about the Turkish provocation towards Greece that he has no illusions that Turkey will change radically but the limit of his hope is the verbal improvement and the limitation of Turkey’s revisionist ambitions.
Turkey – USA and F16
About him whether Turkey takes advantage of the situation in Ukraine in relation to the US and the issue of sanctions and F16 He stressed that Turkey will try even more aiming at the F35 and if he fails in them he will restore the F16 with “the cunning logic if you do not give me the major give me the minor”.
Putin’s pressure on the West with natural gas – The “window” on the use of the euro
Commenting Putin’s ultimatum to the West to cut off gas if they do not pay in rubles today The minister said Ukraine must be safeguarded and the West can not leave it to its own devices regardless of the pressure it receives from Putin or any other side.
“I think it makes sense for President Putin to try to put pressure on the countries of the European Union. “On the other hand, as is well known, the European Union has stated that it will not succumb to blackmail and threats,” said Mr. Dendias.
As he pointed out, it is too early to have a complete picture, however in the text there is a “window” about the use of euros, etc.
Asked if his move showed Putin was under enough pressure because things were not going well on the pitch and if this pressure would lead to even more dangerous actions, he said: “Maybe Putin is trying to take advantage of opportunity breaks to reorganize “We will see if this means that he will look for an exit that we all wish for, namely a withdrawal from the territories of Ukraine and a serious negotiation, or is it a prelude to a new Russian operation.” At the same time, he referred to the statements of his French counterpart in a relevant question, noting that what the Russians expected did not happen and proves the huge mistake of Russia’s invasion of an independent country.
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