Greek-Turkish: Turkey is running amok and threatens to invade – From New York, the Greek response

By Penelope Galliou

While Athens starts today one diplomatic sprint week in New York where the UN General Assembly will be held and is expected to highlight again Greece’s role as a factor of stability in the wider Eastern Mediterranean region, Ankara is unable to hide its irritation and continues the crescendo of threats against Greece, showing determined to walk the slippery road of challenges.

Tayyip Erdoğan’s government partner took the baton of the Turkish frenzy yesterday. Devlet Bakhceli, who again threatened to invade Greece, repeating, addressing Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the threats of the Turkish president, that they will come to Greece.

“Greece’s Prime Minister Mitsotakis declared that instead of night, come day. Gladly and running we will come to cover your day, as if it were night, and make you pay for your harassment with our blood and lives. Then neither your bosses nor your associates will be able to protect you,” he warned menacingly while expressing Turkey’s annoyance at the alliances of Athens and the receptive ears that the Greek side finds against the isolation that Turkey faces.

The US decision to lifting the arms embargo in Cyprus which had been imposed against the Republic of Cyprus in 1987.

“It is another message that Turkey’s dead-end moves, the distortion of reality, its constant provocation, its revisionism not only do not panic Greece, but they do not pass internationally” the government spokesman commented.

At the same time, Greece remains on full alert both diplomatically and in the field with increased readiness, in order to prevent any new attempt destabilization by Turkey. After all, it is not considered impossible that in the next period a new instrumentalization of immigration from the neighboring country will be attempted. At the same time, it remains to be seen whether the Turkish side will attempt to raise the thermometer of tension even more under the pretext of drilling.

“We have our eyes and ears open, our mind where it should be, on the borders of our country, so that Greece does not become a “wild vine” again, said Mr. Economou and added that “we are also doing it in the Aegean, with the men and women of the Coast Guard and on the Evros with the fence, which will be gradually extended to cover the entire length of the river, with the border guards, with the people there, always respecting our humanitarian obligations and international laws and rules . Keeping one basic thing in mind: The country has borders and these borders must be guarded against any threat. to every hybrid threat” concluded.

The critical appointments in the USA

In the midst of this climate, the prime minister in New York will once again highlight the role of Greece as a factor of stability in the region, during his speech at the UN General Assembly that will take place on Friday. In fact, according to information, the speech of the Greek Prime Minister will follow that of Tayyip Erdogan, while Mr. Mitsotakis will condemn Turkish revisionism, indirectly making the connection with Moscow’s Russian revisionism that was reflected in the invasion of Ukraine.

The dinner hosted by the American President is of great interest Joe Biden on Wednesday to the leaders who will participate in the work of the Assembly. The Greek Prime Minister and the Turkish President will be present there, however, so far no one knows if there is room for even a short conversation between the two men since the climate is particularly tense and while the well-known phrase from the Turkish President “Mitsotakis yok” has preceded “. However, this particular event gives the opportunity for direct contacts of the leaders outside the protocol.
The prime minister’s schedule includes contacts with foreign leaders, meetings with an investment flavor and interviews with foreign media.

The foreign minister will also “run” a diplomatic sprint in New York Nikos Dendias, with a circle of contacts locked, including the Transatlantic Dinner with the participation of the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, while the tripartite meeting of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Cyprus and Egypt also stands out.

According to information, however, in the contacts that the Greek side will have, it is expected to present documents on the intensifying Turkish provocation, presenting maps and data on the incendiary movements of the neighboring country. At the same time, what will be pointed out is that the war in Ukraine and the international reaction showed that there is no room for revisionist views.

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