Dendias: Greek-Turkish issues can be resolved if Turkey accepts International Law

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As far as the current portfolio of the foreign minister is concerned, he singles out the two agreements delimiting the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) with Italy and Egypt, which, he recalls, “we have been unable to reach for 50 years in a row”.

The foreign minister expresses the belief that a solution to the Greek-Turkish conflict would be absolutely possible if Turkey accepted the International Law of the Sea and the relevant Convention (UNCLOS) Nikos Dendias, in an interview with GG Greece magazine, which runs as an insert in today’s newspaper Daily Sunday.

In a different interview about his personal life, with the aim of “meeting the man behind the heavy desk”, Nikos Dendias mentions in a personal tone that he would be really happy if the moment came to resolve the Greek-Turkish disputes. “A solution, which would be entirely possible to achieve, if Turkey accepted the International Law of the Sea and the related Convention (UNCLOS)”explains.

At the same time, when asked how and where he imagines himself in twenty years from today, Nikos Dendias answered a better world and underlines that what constantly fuels his plans, stubbornness, and energy is his hope to make our country stronger, with expanded alliances and an enhanced role, and both our wider region and the world as a whole become a truly safe place.

Looking back at the most important moments from his involvement in politics, having served as minister in 5 different ministries, he is particularly proud of his tenure in the Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection and the dismantling of Golden Dawn, in response to the challenge its action posed to the rule of law. As well as for the restoration of the image of Athens, as the capital of an organized state in which the laws of the Hellenic Republic are respected, in the midst of the crisis, in 2012.

As far as the current portfolio of the foreign minister is concerned, he singles out the two agreements delimiting the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) with Italy and Egyptin which, he reminds, “We couldn’t finish for 50 years in a row.” As he estimates, it was indeed the breaking of a glass ceiling. “Slowly, though, without a bang. It never needs a lot of noise,” he adds.

Finally, Nikos Dendias confides that the most important lesson he learned from politics was undoubtedly self-humiliation.

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