Foreign Minister points out Turkey’s destabilizing role in Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean Nikos Dendias, to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov during their meeting, in Moscow.
Mr. Dendias, in his joint statements with Mr. Lavrov stressed that Turkey is taking advantage of the fact that international attention is shifting elsewhere.
As he said, Turkey is obviously taking advantage of the fact that international attention is focused on another part of the world and is making non-existent claims on issues concerning Greek sovereignty.
The Foreign Minister stressed that our country is always in favor of constructive dialogue, but will defend its sovereignty and national dignity against any threat.
Regarding demilitarization, Mr. Dendias stressed that Ankara maintains an army against the Greek islands, while it has also issued a casus belli, a threat of war – the only one on the planet, if Greece exercises the rights provided by law. of the sea.
He described the Turkish allegations as “purely false”, saying that the agreement on the demilitarization of the Dodecanese was an agreement reached in favor of the Soviet Union and that Turkey did not derive the slightest right from it.
Lavrov, for his part, commented that Greece should make its grievances to its Western allies “because they are inflating this commotion from scratch in order to obviously advance their own interests.”
He reiterated that Moscow is firmly in favor of resolving the Greek-Turkish dispute on the basis of international law and that Russia will be ready, as far as it can go, to assist in creating a settlement.
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