“If some people choose provocation, we always respond calmly and ready” – “Ukraine experiences the tragic experience of Cyprus in 1974… We must not let Donetsk and Mariupol become Kyrenia and Famagusta”
“We do not open a dialogue with the absurd, “But we are talking to build,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday. sending a message to Ankara at the Democratic Alarm conference in Cyprus.
“In offensive fireworks we oppose unshakable arguments. After all, Greece and Cyprus do not have audacity, they have courage μας Our weapon is international law, our strong defense, our strong alliances, we do not open a dialogue with the irrational, but we talk to build and we are always ready to discuss the new security environment and cooperation between peoples in good faith, guided by international law and with obligation to always respect the rules of good neighborhood in our areaHe said characteristically.
Mr. Mitsotakis, however, left tips for the attitude of Tayyip Erdogan. “The Russian invasion threatens to establish a model of authoritarian behavior according to which every imperialist country, every local movement, under any pretext, will invade a neighboring country. It is a model that other leaders can emulate with imperial and expansive visions“something that concerns Greece, but it concerns even more the Cyprus mutilated for so many decades”, the prime minister pointed out.
“Ukraine is experiencing the tragic experience of Cyprus in 1974… We must not let Donetsk and Mariupol become Kyrenia and Famagusta “. Mr. Mitsotakis clarified that the scenarios for two states and the division are indisputably rejected, as “it does not fit either in reality or in the culture of the 21st century. “The green line is a line of shame that must finally be erased.”
The bet of the elections is not to go back, but to move forward, the Prime Minister pointed out for Greece and Cyprus, referring to the 2023 elections in both countries. He stressed, we must build on solid foundations, to prevent the demolition of what happened.
Greece in the threats countered the strengthening of its defense and diplomacy stressed. “Strong states are stable states,” he said in a speech at the Democratic Alarm conference in Cyprus.
He spoke of ongoing Turkish challenges, such as the pandemic, the Russian invasion and the energy crisis, which are shaking world peace and global economic stability. “There has never been another Greek government that has managed so many successive crises in the last three years,” he said.
“The government implemented the program for which it was elected and repaid its last loans to the IMF two years earlier, while only yesterday the Eurogroup suggested the exit of our country from the regime of enhanced supervision” noted Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
“We managed to keep the society upright, we implemented our program, we reduced taxes, we brought investments. We support society with targeted interventions and measures. Nothing was easy and self-evident. We opposed solid reasoning to prosperous populism, and difficult actions to easy words. “If I insist on the fight against demagogy, it is because that is the border of progress and maintenance,” he added.
Greece in 2020 in Evros defended itself, protected its borders, which are at the same time the borders of Europe, said the Prime Minister.
The Democratic Alarm is the line of great goals for the good of the Cypriot people, added Mr. Mitsotakis, praising both Glafkos Clerides, founder of the party, but also the president of Cyprus Nikos Anastadiadis and the president of DISY Averof Neophytou.
It does not mean a solution to the Cyprus problem without the abolition of the anachronistic system of guarantees, and without the complete withdrawal of the illegal Turkish occupation troops from Cyprus, he pointed out earlier. Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his visit to Megalonisos.
During his visit to Cyprus, the Prime Minister met with representatives of the Committee of Occupied Municipalities and the Committee of Occupied Communities of Cyprus.
Government sources say it was reaffirmed during the meeting Greece’s unwavering commitment to the goal of a mutually acceptable solution to the Cyprus problemon the basis of the relevant Security Council Resolutions.
