Constantinople, Manolis Kostidis

Adonis Georgiadis’ statement that “with the F-35s we can suddenly go overnight to Turkey” has caused anger in the neighbor.

For “exceeding limits from the Greek minister” says the Turkish newspaper Milliyet. “The Minister of Health of Greece, Adonis Georgiadis, in a television show in which he participated, claimed that Turkey is zero in aviation and said the following: “With the F-35s, we can suddenly go overnight to Turkey”” it is reported on the front page which refers to the tenth page of the newspaper.

“Scandalous comments from the Greek minister… In the last few days, the Greek ministers put their signatures to successive insolent statements targeting Turkey. Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis crossed the line by threatening Turkey on live broadcast. In the past days, the Minister of Defense of Greece Nikos Dendias had stated the following: “We condemn in the most absolute way the Turkish Cypriot shame fiestas and the illegal presence for half a century of the Turkish Army of Occupation in Cyprus”. After the statements of Dendias that exceeded the limits, an outrageous threat followed from the Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis. Georgiadis, who was invited to a live show on the Open channel, said the following: “With the F-35s we can go suddenly one night in Turkey”. And as if these scandalous comments were not enough, Georgiadis also claimed that “Turkey is zero in aviation”.

“Georgiadis claimed that Prime Minister Mitsotakis is disturbing Turkey and argued that the government of Athens has strong alliances,” the newspaper also reports.

“He threatened the F-35s”

For “impudent statements from the Greek minister” says the Turkiye newspaper: “The echo of the messages that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gave from the island to Athens, during the 50th anniversary of the Peace Operation, continues [σσ. εισβολής] of Cyprus. The Minister of Health of Greece, Adonis Georgiadis, made scandalous statements on a TV show he participated in. Georgiadis, claiming that Turkey is zero in aviation, used a provocative phrase saying “With the F-35 we can suddenly go overnight to Turkey”. Minister Georgiadis claimed that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is disturbing Turkey and argued that the government in Athens has strong alliances, referring to Greece’s alliances with the US and France in the Eastern Mediterranean crisis that broke out in the summer of 2020.

Georgiadis

The statements of the Minister of Health

“By buying F-35s we become tougher, by buying frigates we become tougher. By buying Viper F16, making defense alliances with America, France, we become tougher. We don’t become tougher by a tweet but when the opponent realizes that we are no longer of his hand. I hear these “one night” and I’m laughing. With the F-35s, we can go to Turkey one night. Did you see what happened to the F-35s? they catch the radar, one night you can suddenly find yourself in Ankara and kill them. I’m not saying that we’re going to do something like that, but when Erdogan says it, I’m laughing Are you coming to Greece for a night? With the boots you have? Since everyone knows that Turkey is zero in aviation, Mitsotakis.”