the Deputy Minister of Citizen Protection, from the floor of the Parliament, gave an answer on the issue of the island of Evros, “about which, lately, an inexplicable noise is being created again”, as he said, “although sufficient explanations have been given on this, categorically”.
“We are calm, we are determined. We monitor and act as the national interest dictates,” said the Deputy Minister of Citizen Protection. Lefteris Oikonomouwho speaking earlier in Parliament, referred to her escalating provocative behaviour Turkey at the land border and the possibility of seeking a border incident.
Mr. Economou, from the floor of the Parliament, gave an answer on its subject island of Evros, “for which lately, a noise is inexplicably created again”, as he said, “although sufficient explanations have been given, in a categorical way”.
“There is an attempt to interpret the announcements of the Ministry of National Defense in a different way, an unacceptable fact,” said the Deputy Minister of Citizen Protection and emphasized: “The 38 immigrants who declared themselves stranded on the island of Evrosaccording to the information available to them, the Greek Authorities and the Armed Forces were on Turkish territory, indisputably”.
“All the noise that was created, with the messages of the NGO “human rights 360” as a key driver, was evaluated as motivated with the aim of serving Turkish planningfor fabricated border incidents, on the Greek-Turkish border, on the river, where lately we have seen a rather suspicious operational tactic being used by the Turkish authorities,” said the Deputy Minister of Citizen Protection.
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Mr. Oikonomou read to the national delegation, and “to the extent permitted” excerpts from the GES document, which is confidential in nature. He also read the Greek delegations to the Turkish side, in order for Turkey to proceed with the necessary actions and provide the 39 persons who were there with all necessary and appropriate assistance, with full respect for their fundamental rights.
“The said group of migrants was never trapped on the islet, since the distance from the Turkish coastal side was minimal and the water level was about 20 centimeters. There was also no problem for them to proceed towards the Greek shore, since the water level was at around 50 cm”, said the Deputy Minister of Citizen Protection, noting that the presence of the specific group had not been established from the surveys carried out by the Greek authorities. immigrants.
But also in an operation by the Turkish authorities, after the Greek compromises, “they left the specific part of the island idle, because they did not find the immigrants”.
The migrants were then found in another place, with different coordinates, within Greek territory and not on the island, as he said.
“The public correction and correction of the head of the NGO, Epaminondas Farmakis, subsequently, is not only accidental and hasty. The NGO itself made amends for this and apologized”, said the Deputy Minister of Citizen Protection and emphasized that “recently, quite provocative behavior has been observed regarding the islets in Evros and the neutrality that exists in this area, on the part of Turkish authorities”. There is therefore reasonable concern, Mr. Economou said, that they might want to push things into creating another border episode. “We are calm, we are determined. We monitor and act on what the national interest dictates. In this I think that the whole Parliament is united and together we give a single answer to the Turkish side”, said the Deputy Minister of Citizen Protection.
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