The government’s official position on the postponement of today’s meeting between the prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan presented the government spokesman Paul Marinakis. Speaking to ONE, he said that “the US President’s meeting (Donald Trump) with the Arab countries invited by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was announced yesterday without a specific time and after several hours, the time was announced by a time.

On how the two meetings coincided, Mr Marinakis noted that the consultation between Athens and Ankara was preceded, “where, among other meetings by the Greek prime minister, the meeting with the Turkish president was closed for 14:00 New York time, that is, 21:00 in Greece.” “Yesterday it was announced that the US president’s conference would take place with the Arab countries – including Turkey – and the Turkish side was asked to change the day and meeting time at tomorrow’s meeting,” the government spokesman said, adding that “we are waiting for one time”.

In addition, Mr. Marinakis noted that from his official update from New York, “a new meeting is in the finalization of a new meeting”.

Continuing, referring to whether the possibility is that the postponement, “for the eyes of the world” is degraded, and if it is actually a cancellation, Mr Marinakis noted that “it may also play this possibility that I may not deny that it may exist”. “What does this mean; Does it mean that the opposition parties, in a move that will constitute unstoppable energy against another country – another postponement, another cancellation – and against our country from Turkey, must essentially take a part against our country, the government, and attack before they learn what is going on? So, theoretically, Turkey decided to cancel the meeting, what does it mean? Does this mean that it is something the government should apologize for? That is a diplomatic defeat of the government? Can it mean that our positions and attitude can bother? “

Commenting on the dialogue with Turkey, Mr Marinakis noted that: “Greece at all levels sets the positions of the West and not just the country. Secondly, violations have been limited to annihilated and there is a good cooperation in migration management. But to say something else. Have we lost something of this dialogue? Have we even put into question anything? “