“Equal distances are not possible in the face of the invasion of Ukraine, we are on the borders of Europe and a country that is under constant threat and we must be resolute,” said Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis. to SKAI and George Avtias.
In particular, as stated in his statement, Mr. Varvitsiotis stated that the strong reaction to Mr. Putin’s military invasion by imposing the harshest sanctions ever imposed by the EU and by activating for the first time the package of the common defense policy of height € 500 million in military aid to Ukraine is Europe’s first move in the Common Foreign and Security and Defense Policy and is a step towards making Europe a united voice, as envisioned by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
However, he stressed that Turkey should also show which side it is on, because by not participating in the imposition of sanctions on the side of Western powers, it allows Russia to bypass the harsh sanctions imposed on it. As he said, this is an issue that Greece is highlighting very strongly in the EU.
Answering a question about Ankara’s challenge to Greek sovereignty over the Eastern Aegean islands, according to the same statement, Mr. Varvitsiotis noted that the government had made the right decision to strengthen the Navy and Air Force and stressed that the opposite to any threat “we are ready to give the fight to defend our national borders”.
The deputy minister also noted that the prime minister was the first European leader to ask the EU for a special fund to tackle rising energy prices, a proposal that was passed at previous summits and will be addressed at a summit on Thursday. on Friday in Paris.
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