Cries of slander from Erdogan in Prague – Mitsotakis’ stern response

By Penelope Galliou

The “family” photo of the leaders in Prague, with Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Tayyip Erdogan taking diametrically opposite positions in front of the camera, may have expressed more than “a thousand words” for Greek-Turkish relations – as the well-known saying goes – however, Tayyip Erdoğan reserved even more, at the leaders’ dinner, to confirm to everyone his audacity and anger against Greece, insisting on spewing blatant lies, in order to receive the stern response of the Greek prime minister.

It all started when during dinner of the leaders of Prague Tayyip Erdoğan asked for the floor and at the end of his speech he unprovokedly accused Greece of raising the tension and provoking.

A charge that Kyriakos Mitsotakis immediately rushed to demolish with calmness and decisiveness. He called on Tayyip Erdoğan bluntly to stop questioning the sovereignty of our islands, stressing that this insistence is a dead end and called on him to discuss as serious and responsible leaders without threats and insults.

The prime minister answered with the substance, style and directness of a European leader who knows well the mentality of his counterparts and the atmosphere of such forums, while the spirit of his answer was in the logic of the intervention he had made in New York from the podium of the UN General Assembly, clearly sending the message of zero tolerance to threats but also a willingness to dialogue.

According to government sources, after all, the Greek side came to Prague determined to continue the tactic, which ignores Turkey’s decline without following it in its delusional outbursts, but at the same time responding to challenges calmly and decisively, with evidence and arguments that they are always based on the basis of International Law and the Law of the Sea.

We are always alert and ready to respond to any challenge, commented the same source.

However, according to the first estimates, Erdogan’s new unprovoked and unprovoked outburst in the Czech capital is attributed to the fact that he did not find receptive ears neither in the panel he participated in, nor in his bilateral contacts, but on the contrary the climate he received was one of questioning and urging everyone to abandon the challenges and return to the path of dialogue and International Law.

The anti-Greek paranoia of Tayyip Erdoğan led him to such a point that he ignored the protocols and procedures that are usually observed in such events, with the result that he cannot contain his anger and his threats neither to Greece, nor to the EU, which also came under his criticism.

Following these, according to the same estimates, there was no way for the Greek Prime Minister to leave Erdoğan’s shots unanswered, however, clearly separating his position from the outpouring of screams and fake news and responding in the context of the prestige that governs his speech.

In fact, Kyriakos Mitsotakis allegedly surprised Tayyip Erdoğan, who is used to monologues and did not expect a retort.

After all, the surprise was also reflected in the press conference that followed, with the Turkish president arguing and contradicting himself, on the one hand insisting on the threats to invade Greece and “we will come at night” and on the other hand claiming that he does not question the Greek islands, as well as that while he accused Greece of not engaging in dialogue at the same time he stated that Turkey has nothing to discuss with Greece.

Under the new developments and having experienced the 27 European leaders a tangible sample of Turkish provocation after Tayyip Erdogan’s scene at the Prague dinner today Kyriakos Mitsotakis will also provide answers to his statement upon arrival at the Summit but also during the press conference that will follow.

As already announced, the Greek prime minister will again inform his counterparts about the whole of Turkish provocation and aggression as well as about all the actions with which Turkey has dynamited the climate recently.

The prime minister will inform about the whole range of challenges, from the instrumentalization of immigration, to the questioning of the sovereignty of Greek islands, but also the developments in relation to the Turkish-Libyan memorandum and the attempted agreement between Turkey and Libya on hydrocarbons, underlining the risks arising from these behaviors and how much Ankara dynamits the climate of stability in the Eastern Mediterranean, especially in the current geopolitical situation.

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