As the Turkish president said, Greece’s efforts to include the demilitarized islands in NATO and to involve the countries, will have a catastrophic end.
Direct threats against Turkey was unleashed by the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his speech in Smyrna during the military exercise Efes 2022, calling on our country to stop equipping the islands and noted that Turkey will continue exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean, as broadcast by the SKAI correspondent in Istanbul, Manolis Kostidis.
«On this occasion, I once again call on Greece to stop militarizing the islands with a demilitarized regime, to operate in accordance with international treaties. I’m not kidding, I’m serious. “These people are determined, and when these people say something, they follow what they say,” he said.
President @RTErdogan:
“We call on Greece to stop arming the islands with non-military status and to act in accordance with international agreements.”
– Republic of Turkey Directorate of Communications (@Communications) June 9, 2022
As he said, in the Eastern Mediterranean we will continue our research and drilling for hydrocarbons, in accordance with UN applications and international customary law. “In our areas of jurisdiction we will not allow and have not allowed any plan or action to take place,” he stressed.
In fact, he pulls the strings further, emphasizing that this country since its foundation based on the backs of other countries and is involved in the calculations of other countries.
He added that “Efforts to integrate demilitarized islands into NATO exercises and involve third countries mean nothing but an effort that will have a disastrous end. It seems that Mr. Mitsotakis is making a tourist landing on the islands. It can’t get anywhere. ”
“We call on Greece to gather its minds, to stay away from the dreams, statements and actions that will lead her to results she will regret as she did a century ago. Come together! Turkey will not relinquish its rights in the Aegean. “She will not stop when she manipulates the use of the rights given to her by international law on the issue of the militarization of the islands,” he underlined.
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– Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (@RTErdogan) June 9, 2022
In fact, the Turkish president accused Greece that even though it is a member of the EU. ignores its values, international law and goes on to exert pressure on the Turkish minority in Western Thrace, Rhodes, Kos.
«We faced the challenges of Greece calmly. But we see that this calmness of ours was misunderstood on the other side. Turkey does not violate anyone’s rights and justice. But she does not allow her rights to be violated“, concluded.
