Speaking to the budget committee of the Turkish Parliament, the Turkish Minister of Defense Yasar Guler noted that the Turkey continues to “protect its interests in our Blue and Heavenly Homeland”, while adding that “recently the tension in the Aegean has decreased significantly with the mutual efforts made by the two countries under the leadership of our President and the Prime Minister of Greece” .

However, his reaction to her was intense Cypruswhich he said was engaging in “destabilizing activities”:

“Besides our fight against terrorism and border security, we also protect our rights and interests in our Blue and Sky Country, at a high level. We are effectively continuing our activities in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean. Recently, the tension in the Aegean has decreased significantly with the mutual efforts made by the two countries under the leadership of our President and the Prime Minister of Greece. Another specific development of this period is the resumption of Confidence Building Measures Meetings. After the meeting held in Ankara last November, we held two more meetings this year, in Athens on April 22nd and Istanbul on November 6th.

» We are closely monitoring them activities harmful to stability carried out by the Greek Cypriot administration of Southern Cyprus (s.s. Republic of Cyprus) under the name of humanitarian aid, which tries to take advantage of the ongoing crisis environment in the Middle East and the increasing mobility of foreign countries on the island”.