By Penelope Galliou
The Greek government may not choose to follow its path of aggravation Tayyip Erdogan but what is certain is that is not going to leave any challenge unanswered and without making it public in the international community, nor will he stop insisting in any way that he will not allow anyone to threaten the national sovereignty of the country.
As the Greek Prime Minister has already started to do from the first moment of the new Turkish frenzyafter his trip to the US, insists on the same tactics as Ankara pulls the strings of challenges. The new message of Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Turkey sent from Brussels and the Extraordinary Summit of 27 European Leaders, where he warned his neighbor that “we will not allow anyone to threaten our sovereign rights and our national sovereignty “, while informed European counterparts for the escalation of the Turkish provocations and the repeated lionesses of Tayyip Erdogan and his ministers against Greece, both verbally and in the field.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, according to information, exposed to his 27 counterparts the cases of Turkish delinquency, while underlining the danger of Turkish escalation at such a critical time and in a highly geopolitically charged European landscape, the last thing needed in the region is another source of tension and emphasizing that Greece’s firm position is in favor of dialogue, but the violation of sovereignty and sovereign rights will not be accepted.
The position of the Greek positions was clear from the arrival of the Greek Prime Minister at the Summit, with Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphasizing that “Greece is facing these challenges with confidence and determination. “We are a country that has International Law on its side, we have strong allies and of course we have invested even more in our deterrent, so that we do not allow anyone to challenge our sovereignty and sovereign rights.”
As the issue of Turkey was not on the agenda of the current Extraordinary Summit, the issue of Turkish provocations is officially expected to be discussed. at the regular session of the European Councilwhen a reference to the text of the conclusions is expected.
Barrage of notifications of Turkish provocation
With references to the delinquent behavior of Turkey and the commitment of Greece to International Law, was also the opposition of the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou at the official dinner hosted in her honor by the President of Estonia in Tallinn.
“As partners in the EU and NATO allies, Greece and Estonia share common values ​​and principles and are inextricably committed to international law, which is the compass of our policy.”stressed the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou and after referring to the challenges after the unjustified invasion of Russia in Ukraine, stressed that brutally insult and seriously endanger the European security acquis. In this context, Ms. Sakellaropoulou referred to the Turkish provocation, emphasizing that Greece, “A staunch supporter of respect for international law and good neighborly relations, experiences similar attempts at revision by Turkey, which escalates its delinquent behavior and challenges the sovereignty and sovereign rights of Greece, endangering a further destabilization of the wider region and affecting the unity and cohesion of the North Atlantic Alliance at a particularly critical juncture. “
Simultaneously with the Prime Minister and the President of the Republic in Coordinated diplomatic moves are also delivered by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias who had barrage of communications with his counterparts, during which both the Turkish provocations and the Turkish delinquency against Greece were raised. In this context, Mr. Dendias, almost fifteen days after their last meeting in Washington, had telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, with central topics of discussion, apart from the latest developments in the Gulf region and the violent occupation of the two Greek-flagged ships in Iran and the escalation of the Turkish provocation. Nikos Dendias re-informed his American counterpart about escalation of Ankara both rhetorically and on the ground According to diplomatic sources, he thoroughly referred to the escalation of Turkish delinquent behavior, emphasizing our country’s firm position to promote bilateral relations on the basis of the principles of International Law and especially the Law of the Sea, principles which are fully embraced by the American side.
Issues that according to information were also raised during the telephone communications that the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs had with its counterparts in Cyprus, Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Readiness and vigilance in the field as well
In addition to the intense diplomatic mobility of Athens, the Greek side remains on alert and on the groundwith circles of the Ministry of Defense stating that “The Greek Armed Forces are constantly ready to face any challenge or security threat, as it has been and always will be.” refuting previously released scenarios of new hybrid threats ahead of summer. “The rest are scenarios that do not correspond to reality” clarified characteristics.
And a new Turkish attack
The baton of provocations and attacks against the Greek Prime Minister was received yesterday by the representative of the ruling party, Omer Celik, who for the umpteenth time expressed the intense annoyed Turkey during Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s trip to Washington and identified threats against his country. «Mr. Mitsotakis came here and met with our president, saying “we can solve the problems of the two neighbors“. Mr. Mitsotakis spoke about an agreement. But then he protested about Turkey in the US Congress saying “Do not give F-16 ‘”» he said, speaking after a meeting of the party’s Central Executive Committee, adding that “There have also been reports and reactions in the Greek press about the fact that he used such pleading phrases (in the USA). It can not have the effect of threatening us through other countries at the first opportunity you will find. Turkey is a state governed by the rule of law, we can solve the problems between us “.
A spokesman for Erdogan’s party also spoke provocatively violating every historical fact and the reactions that have been provoked in Greece for Hagia Sophiaemphasizing that “Greeks must overcome this psychological trauma. This is an area that is under our control. We protect this place both as a national heritage and as a world heritage. “while He also cursed Greece’s attitude towards Turkey’s request for demilitarization of Aegean islands. Omer Celik claimed that the islands should be demilitarized and accused the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis that “Says nonsense” on this issue: “The islands must be demilitarized and Mitsotakis says that these conditions are outdated. But what nonsense is this “stated characteristically
He also described Greece as “ill-educated child of the EUClaiming that in NATO «other ill-educated people may not be able to joinMeaning Sweden and Finland.
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