“Turkish” Erdogan with Greece – Athens warnings to Ankara

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The internationalization of the Turkish provocation and the upgrading of the Greek alliances, infuriate the Turkish president, who does not spend a day not declaring his intense annoyance, in the monotonous way of provocation.

By Penelope Galliou

With a barrage of strict and clear messages to Ankara, methodically and decisively, the Greek state and political leadership calls on its neighbor to stop provoking and respecting international law. After yesterday’s rapid escalation with delusional statements by the Erdogan governmentthe Greek government with unwavering composure unfolds its own strategy of dealing with and “stopping” the Turkish frenzy.

Faithful to the line set by the Greek government for the internationalization of the Turkish provocation, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias from Pristina, where he paid an official visit and meetings with the country’s leadership, directly and strictly called on Turkey to refrain from provocation. He urged the neighbor to share the expectation of the Turkish society for the European course of their country. “I think that strong statements and threatening expressions do not help. What the Turkish side must do is to refrain from these events. To ensure that there is calm and that our relations always move within the framework of International Law. The law of the sea and respect for the territorial integrity of the countries, I think this is an axis that could help, and something else: I always have the impression that a large part of Turkish society is looking forward to a European course for the country. that the Turkish government will share this desire of Turkish society and will act and express accordingly ” pointed out Mr. Dendias.

Joint message to Ankara by the Presidents of Greece and Lithuania

Its own clear message to the continuing Turkish provocation, both at operational and diplomatic level, was given by President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou from Lithuania and the joint press conference he gave with the President of the country Gitana Nauseda, in Vilnius. “Greece maintains its composure. At the same time, however, it is fully prepared, at any time, to defend its sovereignty and sovereign rights, for which it does not, of course, accept, as an independent and sovereign state, any doubt.” said Ms. Sakellaropoulou, emphasizing that “Greece, as it has proven, has always supported dialogue and the good neighborly relationship, always on the basis of respect for the principles of international law. But this presupposes that the same principles are respected by both sides.”

Criticizing Ankara harshly, he questioned its credibility and called it quits to cease to be the “troublemaker” of Southeastern Europe and NATO calling on it, on every occasion, to prove that it is not what we would call a “troublemaker” who is constantly causing trouble in Southeastern Europe, but a credible ally of ours in NATO. In any case, we certainly support dialogue, even this “We are witnessing an incendiary rhetoric by the Turkish authorities, the President, ministers and other officials,” said the President of the Republic.

The President of Lithuania expressed his concern about the Turkish escalation and the inflammatory rhetoric, as he characterized it, calling on Ankara to act as an ally. Asked whether the European Union should now impose sanctions on Turkey, which is threatening Greece’s independence, Lithuanian President Gitana Nauseda He stressed that Greece and Turkey are allies in NATO and argued that “there is an opportunity to resolve this conflict by peaceful means.” He noted, however, that “any escalation of conflict hurts NATO, weakens it as an alliance, as a shield of collective defense. I firmly believe in this. That is why I was especially happy when at some point it seemed that the talks between Greece and Turkey were smoother, they had smoothed out. “But now I’m worried and I see that there is an escalation, if you will, of this inflammatory rhetoric, and I think we have to act as allies in NATO, even now trying to resolve these conflicts by peaceful means.”

The revision will not pass

Informing the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense on the issue of defense assistance to Ukraine, the Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos Speaking about Vladimir Putin’s revisionism, he sent a clear message to all those who look forward to the lands of their neighboring countries, photographing Tayyip Erdogan and his expansionist aspirations. “We are sending a message to those who embrace this revisionism, and we say that it will not pass,” Mr. Panagiotopoulos said sternly.

The annoyance of Erdogan from the upgraded alliances of Greece

The strategy of internationalization but also the upgrading of the alliances of Greece, culminating in the visit, the contacts and the cooperation in the USA, continue and make “Turk” the Tayyip Erdogan, who does not spend a day not declaring his intense annoyance, in the monotonous way of provocation.

In this context, the Turkish President during the meeting he had with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro, referred again to the American bases that are developing in the Greek territory, disputing the reason for their existence and saying that “I will not buy the claim that they have been installed against Russia. I will not swallow this argument “, without clarifying, however, whether he means that these bases threaten his country.

However, he returned to the personal shootings against the Greek Prime Minister and implying the meeting of the two leaders in Istanbul in March, he complained that: “At the business lunch we had with each other, we said not to put others between us, to have the two of us talk and while he said there should be no third countries between us, two to three weeks after our meeting, he went to the US, to Congress and spoke against Turkey and its interests, as if we had not met. Then he went to Davos and did the same. Let them not misunderstand, we are in favor of politics with dignity. We do not say yes to a policy that lacks dignity.

Apart from the USA, Tayyip Erdoγανan also targeted the EU for the sake of Greece. After all, according to the popular tactics of the Turkish political leadership, whoever supports Greece and its arguments automatically turns into an enemy. He claimed that “Greece owes 400 billion euros today. Nevertheless, European countries, whose names I will not say, give it weapons, helicopters, aircraft. Like the USA, which supports and gives weapons in the same way. Against whom? ” he wondered.

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