“Brake” Stoltenberg-Blinken to Erdogan: Greece and Turkey to resolve their differences with diplomacy

“Turkey and Greece are two valuable allies”, emphasized the Minister of Foreign Affairs. of NATO, Jens Stoltenbergasked to comment on the aggressive statements of the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoganagainst Greece.

Asked during a joint press conference with the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, in Brussels, Mr. of NATO responded regarding the aggressive statements of the Turkish president:

“Turkey and Greece are two valuable allies. They participate and contribute to NATO in many different ways. Any differences between them must be resolved through diplomatic means. In NATO we have a de-escalation mechanism – which has already been used – through which Turkey and Greece are committed to providing information and ways to de-escalate any dangerous situation or behavior in the Aegean.”

The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, said that he agrees with g.c. of NATO that Greece and Turkey are “two valuable and important allies” – friends of the US. “They have differences and we want to see them resolve them in a constructive way, through dialogue – it has happened before and we expect it to happen again.”

Furthermore, when asked whether Turkey is endangering the unity of the Alliance with its stance on a number of issues (e.g. Russia, the accession of Finland and Sweden), the US Secretary of State replied that the challenges due to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, they are important to all Allies. “We must ensure that we focus our attention and resources on supporting Ukraine. What I received today in the room, with all his allies present NATOwas a very powerful reaffirmation of that unity,” said Anthony Blinken.

For his part, Jens Stoltenberg said that it is natural for there to be differences within NATO. “We are 30 different democracies and of course we don’t always agree on all issues,” he said. In the end – he noted – disagreements are overcome, which was proven at the NATO Summit in Madrid.

Mr Stoltenberg today welcomed the US Secretary of State to NATO Headquarters for a meeting of the North Atlantic Council on dealing with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. G. Stoltenberg emphasized the unprecedented military, economic and humanitarian assistance from NATO Allies to Ukraine, in order to preserve its right to self-defense. At the press conference that followed, G. Stoltenberg said: “The United States is leading the way. I welcome the billions of dollars in additional support announced this week. Yesterday I participated in the US-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Ramstein. We all agreed on the importance of strengthening and maintaining our military support so that Ukraine prevails as an independent sovereign state.”

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