For yesterday’s incident between Haftar at Benghazi Airport that has never been the visit of the European Commissioner for Immigration Brunner Together with the Greek Minister of Immigration, Thanos Plevrisand interior ministers Italy and Maltetalked to the SKAI Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis.

“The European Commission organized yesterday’s trip on both sides of Libya, was normally completed in western Libya with Prime Minister Beiba, then the transition to eastern Libya was. There has been an organizational dying that has also led to the inability to adhere to the diplomatic protocols’, The minister initially said, while responding to whether he annoyed Hafett, which the European delegation first visited Tripoli, noted:

“I realize that this is not the issue, it has to do with the organizational protocol. At the moment it is very early to talk about mistakes, I would never do it. It is not something organized by Greece, but it is an attempt organized by the European Commission. “

“My discussion with Happear and his sons productive”

Referring to the criticism of the opposition parties on the matter, Mr Gerapetritis spoke of “simplistic” with which they perceive geopolitical issues, describing it very worrying. “It also creates a great deal of intensity when there is a visit organized by the EU that ended up as it has ended, and this is charged to Greece, we realize that either there is deep ignorance of phenomena, or there is an opposition -brunt that is not beneficial to the country. “

“Greece has to discuss with Libya because it is its immediate neighbor. We all realize that in Libya today a situation is prevalent, which is not extremely auspicious. This is because we actually have two powers that are exercised. We have the country surrounded by wars, as long as one can see what is happening in sub -Saharan Africa. Libya is a country with huge land and sea border – about 5,000 kilometers in terms of land, which means in a straight line from here to New Delhi. Its marine coastline is about 1,800 kilometers, that is, as if we were saying from Athens to Berlin, so you understand that there is a huge difficulty of guarding. “

Talking about whether we were delayed both as Europe and Greece to react to what is happening in Libya with the immigration, the minister explicitly stated that no delay has existed, as Libya is always at the heart of our interest.

“Greece should have a balanced attitude towards Libya in a state that currently has no uniform power. As you know a few days ago, I traveled and had a productive discussion with Happere and his sons. I think there will be a good relationship with Libya and I will raise this issue afterwards. ” emphasized.

“If needed, there will be more rigor with migratory flows”

At the same time, he sent a message of determination in terms of dealing with migratory flowsstressing that Greece will not be converted into a country of mass reception of irregular immigrants.

“We will not allow Greece to become a tank of irregular migration. If necessary, there will be more rigor in these issues » He stated characteristically, recalling that ‘The previous March 2020 is clear“

Recognizing increased difficulties in relation to the past, he explained that ‘Now we are dealing with an open sea, which makes it difficult for surveillance. ” However, he said, ‘there are legal tools based on international law to be exploited“

He made a special reference to increased flows from eastern Libya, noting that this is a phenomenon that Italy is facing on the west side of the country. ‘EIf the picture continues with large boats full of people, be sure that there will be a tightening of the frame“He warned.

Mr Gerapetritis also stood in the sake of Africa, especially in Sudan, where – as he said – the civil war has caused the displacement of 20 million people, with 2 million already in Libya and Egypt. “This is a potential threat to Europe“, He noted.

Concluding, he commented that in the event of the non -shipment of the frigates, the government would have been accused of inactivity, stressing that the state was obliged to foresee and act in time.

“Greece will ensure that migratory flows are controlled. There will be a great deal of rigor for surveillance and this is part of the Commission“The Greek Foreign Minister added, noting that”Greece is the only European country to have excellent relations with Egypt and the Arab world. The right foreign policy is to have balanced diplomatic relations with both governments in Libya. There is mobility to find a solution to make the Libyan state uniform. In practice we will wait for the functional improvement in migration and geopolitical issues“

“Invalid and non -existent the Turkish -tired Memorandum”

The conversation revolved around the turquoisewith George Gerapetritis declaring:

“The Turkolibyyan Memorandum signed in 2019 exists but is invalid and non -existent, regardless of who ratifies. The problem of Turkolibykos is not only if it comes from a legitimate principle, but that under international law Turkey and Libya they cannot sign such a boundary because they do not have any relevant shores. Simple and clean things. “

“With Libya, discussions on marine zones had begun in the early 2010s. There were consultations, it went on, but this consultation was not completed. The result was that we really had the Turkolibyan Memorandum that did not produce legal effects and we have made it clear, not only us. The EU also says it: the latest conclusions of the European Council I think were extremely clear. “

At the same time, he said that Egypt is on the same line as Greece. “We are absolutely coordinated ‘, As he said while asking whether there was a delay in 2019 on behalf of our country and whether the Turkish -tournal Memorandum could have been signed, he noted: he noted:

“I cannot take back in the past and reconstruct the events, because we are today in the face of a reality of Turkolibykus. How is the Turkolibycus neutralized? It is neutralized in practice by exercising the sovereign rights of the country. “