Athens speaks of a downward spiral beyond all limits and warns that Greece will inform partners and allies about the Turkish provocations.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan is in an anti-Greek frenzy, having launched from Samsuda, a new verbal attack against our country and indeed with threats against our territorial sovereignty, with Athens immediately responding to the provocations in high tones, sending the message that Greece “is not going to follow Turkey down the daily, outrageous and beyond all bounds descent of statements and threats.”
We can come suddenly one night
Erdogan, after recalling the Asia Minor Disaster, went so far as to accuse our country of invading Aegean islands. Ankara’s irritation is evident after the rejection by the State Department of the Turkish objections to the Greek S-300, as well as the withdrawal of the NATO post on the anniversary of Turkish independence.
“We have only one proposal for Greece. Don’t forget Smyrna! Don’t forget Smyrna! It’s none of our business if you invade the islands, etc. When the time comes, the time comes, we’ll do whatever it takes. You know, we say, ‘We can come suddenly one night,'” said the Turkish president:
He went on to say: “We must know well who is our friend and who is against us. Is this America sending weapons to Alexandroupolis, Greece right now? Does he send planes? Is he trying to threaten us with the S-300s from there? You Greek, look at history. Look back in history. If you go too far, the price will be heavy, heavy.”
Downhill beyond all limits – Greece will inform partners and allies
The response of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs was strict. “Greece is not going to follow Turkey in the daily, outrageous and beyond all limits descent of statements and threats,” the Foreign Ministry stressed in a statement.
He points out that he will immediately inform allies and partners, while adding that Greece will continue to operate “based on the rules of International Law and the Law of the Sea, as a pillar of stability and security for the wider region”.
New overflights in the Aegean
Only a few hours after Erdogan’s new provocative statements, a Turkish drone entered the Athens FIR at 21:18 Saturday night, without filing a flight plan, violated the national airspace and flew over Kandeliussa, west of Nisyros at 19,000 feet. .
The Turkish drone was identified and intercepted, in accordance with international rules, according to standing tactics
Instrumentalizing immigration with border pressure
At the same time as the incendiary statements, Ankara is constantly raising the index of the instrumentalization of immigration at a time when Greece is upgrading the fortification on the Greek-Turkish border with the activation of the Akritas Plan on the Evros.
According to the Minister of Immigration and Asylum Notis Mitarakis, the pressure has been very high lately, both at the land and sea borders of Greece. In any case, it does not translate into flows, since as Mr. Mitarakis said, the police, coast guard, armed forces are “doing their job” and this year our country has the second lowest flows of the decade.
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