Schinas -SKAI: The Turks did what we asked for Minsk- They need Europe more than ever

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After Dubai, Beirut and Baghdad, Commission Vice President Margaritis Schoinas has a series of contacts in Ankara with Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoγουlu, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Fuat Oktay and Interior Minister Surti Meşteşo εργαλ Suleymano Suleyto.

“The Turks did what we asked them to do, that is, they stopped the flights operated by the Minsk regime in Belarus,” he said. the vice-president of the Commission Margaritis Schoinas speaking in SKAI’s main news bulletin and Sia Kosioni.

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In particular, in relation to the involvement of Turkey in the crisis on Europe’s Eastern borders, he said that Turkey allowed 15 such flights a week to Minsk. In fact, he noted that the Turks, trying to justify them, said that they understood what was happening in Belarus when they saw the images on television.

“The threat of sanctions and my visit worked as a deterrent,” he added.

As he himself explained, the EU has managed to stop the flows towards this hybrid threat in the East. “Flights to Belarus have either stopped altogether or do not concern those countries that ended up in the woods with tools. “In other words, no nationals of Iraq, Syria, Eritrea, Yemen and Afghanistan are flying anymore.”

Regarding whether there was an official organization from the states through which the migrants passed, Mr. Margaritis said that there was a network of smugglers who offered a package taking advantage of the misery of these people and then threw them in Minsk and left them in an icy forest.

Regarding Turkey’s mood as a few days ago Erdogan threatened Greece and Europe with the opening of borders, the Vice President of the Commission after his contacts in Ankara said that Turkey understood that the harsh rhetoric and the toxicity in relations with Greece and Europe does not help it especially in the economy and that they need Europe more than ever close to it.

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