Regarding the attitude of Greece towards Turkey during today’s NATO Summit, Mr. Varvitsiotis stressed that we are fully prepared.
“Yesterday’s decision to join Sweden and Finland in NATO is clearly a victory for the North Atlantic Alliance, which is coming back even stronger and with new momentum, creating a new framework for cooperation with Europe.” underlined o Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Miltiadis Varvitsiotisin today’s interview on t / s SKAI and in the morning news program “Today”, with journalists Dimitris Oikonomou and Maria Anastassopoulou.
In particular, for yesterday’s decision on lifting the veto of TurkeyAs for Sweden and Finland joining NATO, the Deputy Foreign Minister noted that Turkey was too late to make a decision that seemed to be taken from the beginning and could not be resisted under pressure. That is, to agree to NATO enlargement, thus delaying the required NATO-umbrella of protection to these two countries, at a time when they may be threatened by Russia.
Regarding Greece’s attitude towards Turkey during today’s NATO Summit, Mr. Varvitsiotis stressed that we are fully prepared. He reiterated that the Greek government’s goal is to keep open all channels of dialogue and communication with the neighbor, however, as he stressed “we are not prepared to suffer any rhetoric and any aggressive mood on the part of Turkey.”
Regarding today’s impending Biden-Erdogan meeting on the sidelines of the NATO Summit, the Deputy Foreign Minister stressed that this is not something to worry about and is an opportunity to raise the issue of Turkey’s non-compliance with sanctions. Russia.
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