What the government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou said – We have a neighbor who is as angry as he is isolated, the prime minister stressed earlier.
Athens gave a harsh response on Thursday to the barrage of Turkish challenges that culminated with the extreme statements by Tayyip Erdogan in Greek via his twitter account.
As the government spokesman pointed out Giannis Oikonomou, “It is noteworthy that President Erdogan chose to speak in Greek. It is known that Greek is the language of logic, freedom and law. Its native users and the western world know this very well. The tactics chosen by Turkey does not fall into any of these versions. “
“We have a neighbor who is as isolated as he is angry”
We have a neighbor who is as angry as he is isolatedstressed the Prime Minister earlier Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his speech at the Awards Ceremony of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
“We have a war on the European continent, something unthinkable a year ago, we have an unprecedented energy upheaval, an upheaval in world trade, we have a food risk, we have inflation that eats household incomes across Europe, we have a neighbor who is so outraged,” he said. Mr. Mitsotakis characteristically underlining the unprecedented extraordinary circumstances.
It is time, underlined Mr. Mitsotakis, for national mobilization towards an unpredictable neighbor, for prudent management and continuous interventions to ensure a creative and smooth daily life.
“Be wise because you will regret it”
It is noted that the Turkish president published a series of tweets written in Greek, repeating them Turkish threats on the Aegean islands.
«We warn once again Greece to be prudentstay away from dreams, rhetoric and actions that will lead her to results for which he will regret itas happened a century ago“, Said Tayyip Erdogan characteristically.
And he continued: “Turkey like will not relinquish its rights in the Aegeanwill not hesitate and make use of the rights recognized by the international agreements on the demilitarization of the islands …. does not violate the rights and the law of anyone, but does not allow the violation of its rights and law by anyone».
“The importance of claiming 40,000km2 of maritime jurisdiction for Megisti, located in the Eastern Mediterranean and less than 2km from the mainland of our country, while from mainland Greece over 600km, we leave to the discretion of the international community,” he wrote. in
His threats do not stop there as he speaks of NATO instrumentalization efforts that will have a disastrous end: an effort that will have a disastrous end. “
He also claims that Turkey “as an ally in NATO that pays the highest price in every way, we calmly faced the challenges of Greece, which in the last two years has not even responded to our invitations to meet military delegations.”
He concludes: “But we see that our patience and composure that we display is misunderstood by our counterpart.”
