Earlier, Erdogan had returned to the rhetoric of provocation, firing on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis – “Many wanted to reconcile us” but said “that now we do not think like that, in the future we will see”
“We have no concern to make war with Greece” replied the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan when asked about Greek-Turkish relations by Turkish journalists, as reported by the SKAI correspondent in Istanbul, Manolis Kostidis.
Regarding the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, he also stated that “many wanted to reconcile us” but said “that now we do not think about such a thing, we will see in the future”, the Turkish president said characteristically. “Greece does not keep its promises”, Erdogan continued and added: That is the problem. Thus, they violated our airspace 147 times in a very short time. Now, if we are neighbors, if we are friends, if we want to live peacefully, why are you violating our airspace 147 times? Of course, if you commit such a violation, then what is our duty? My aviation will also take off and give you the image and vision you need. (…) Let me say here that Mitsotakis simply acknowledges that we are right. However, many leaders … I do not know who started it … They tried very hard to reconcile us. We said, ‘We’re not thinking about it right now.’ What the conditions will bring in the future … We will see it accordingly and we will evaluate it accordingly.
Erdogan’s new attack on Mitsotaki: He has no good intentions – It is impossible to meet if he does not come together
He returned to provocative rhetoric Recep Tayyip Erdogan launching a new attack against Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who was on the plane returning from Madrid after the NATO summit.
As broadcast by the SKAI correspondent in Istanbul Manolis Kostidisthe Turkish President in this new delusion accused the Greek Prime Minister that “he has no good intentions” and in fact rejects the possibility of meeting with him “if he does not get along” as he characteristically said.
He reiterated Ankara’s absurd objections to the Aegean islands, saying Athens was trying to “signal from there by building concrete shelters and digging pits”.
The statements of the Turkish President in detail:
“The attitude of the person who is in the leadership of Greece has already been revealed .. Against this attitude, they put some intermediaries. In the meetings I had, almost all the presidents and prime ministers came up with an approach of ‘We will mediate, bring them to meet, ᾽᾽ will you not have a meeting? Even if you had a meeting by the end of this year ´ “. And we said, “Sorry, we do not have time for this meeting right now.” Because it is obvious how the islands are being militarized at the moment. On the other hand, they are constantly violating our airspace. Will the one who will now align with us challenge us by violating our airspace? And on the islands he tries to signal us from there, building concrete shelters and digging pits. He has no good intentions. He would not take these steps if he had good intentions. Since he has done all this, I am sorry, we can not and will not hold the High Level Strategic Council Meeting, once this year. And he will now have to wait for the developments in Turkey. Let him gather. “If it does not come together, it is not possible for us to meet.”
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