In his new statements, the representative of the ruling AKP party referred to the issue of marine parks in the Ionian and Aegean that the Greek government wishes to create. Omer Celikaccording to what the SKAI correspondent in Istanbul broadcasts, Manolis Kostidis.

Omer Celik commented that with this action Greece is “sabotaging” the process of normalizing relations between the two countries and asks not to “abandon the path of diplomacy”. At the same time, he points out that “Turkey will not under any circumstances allow any approach to declare this Marine Park.”

“We consider that the declaration of marine parks is undoubtedly a situation that on the one hand sabotages this normalization process and on the other hand takes advantage of environmental sensitivity through a unilateral acceleration” Celik said characteristically.

“We express once again addressing Greece that it should not abandon the path of diplomacy, that no steps should be taken that would harm normalization and that in this context Turkey will not allow any approach to the declaration of this under any circumstances of the Marine Park” the ruling party spokesman added.

Omer Celik’s full statement:

“Dear friends, I want to share with you another issue, as you know, recently there was a process of normalization between us and Greece, and after the visit of our President, in Greece this process was proceeding with a very good momentum.

Our President from there made statements like, “we are two neighboring countries that share the same sea and the same geography, and that it is normal to have problems between us since there are problems even between brothers. Let’s solve them among ourselves without complicating others.”

However, while all these normalization efforts were going on in a beautiful way, there was a disturbing step on April 16-17, by Greece, which, organizing a conference on “oceans”, came close to declaring two areas as marine parks in Aegean and Ionian

We appreciate that the declaration of marine parks is undoubtedly a situation that on the one hand sabotages this normalization process and on the other hand it exploits the environmental sensitivity through a unilateral acceleration.

We express once again to Greece that it should not abandon the path of diplomacy, that no steps should be taken that would harm the normalization and that in this context Turkey will not under any circumstances allow any approach to the declaration of this Marine Park.

We hope that they will act with common sense and that we will strengthen our will to continue the normalization process.

At a time when there are so many conflicts Mrthat’s all many problems, in our region we say that the reflection of our President’s policy to reduce problems and tensions in the whole region, especially in the Balkans, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Middle East and the Mediterranean, should can also be seen in the Aegean and that Greece should avoid any form of exploitation”.