“Hostile statements are counterproductive and do not contribute to the consolidation of the climate of calm, cooperation and dialogue that is being attempted to be built in Greece-Turkey relations in the current period” is stated in a statement issued by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

This is an answer in the ahistorical statements of the Turkish president on the occasion of the anniversary of the Asia Minor disaster.

As the SKAI correspondent, Manolis Kostidis, reported this morning from Istanbul, the Turkish president said: “August is such a special month for us, as we have written history with our victories. We have come to the end of this month, when we wrote history in golden letters, as in Magikert, Belgrade and Cyprus.

We close August with a great victory that led to the foundation of our history. On August 26, 1922, our army launched the great offensive under the command of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, our heroic army broke through the enemy fronts, and on August 30, it defeated a large part of the Greek invasion forces and opened the way to Smyrna .

Fifteen days after the start of the ‘great offensive’ the Turkish flags were flying in Smyrna, which had been destroyed and burned by the fleeing enemy. And this is how we won the war with battles that we fought for 3.5 years against the enemy, who with his treacherous ambitions and his dirty boots soiled our permanent homeland. Anatolia”.

On Tuesday, September 5, the meeting of Deputy Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan is scheduled in Ankara, which will prepare the meeting between Mitsotakis and Erdogan in New York at the end of September.

Besides, it is a visit by Erdogan to Thessaloniki is also possible in November or December for the Supreme Council of Cooperation.