Turkey acknowledges that there is a war in Ukraine and intends to abide by the Montreux Treaty, said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşo .lu, but did not specify whether it would close the straits to Russian ships.
According to SKAI’s correspondent in Istanbul, Manolis Kostidis, Turkey is trying not to upset Russia completely until the last moment. From the outset, it showed its support for Ukraine, but so far it has referred to the Russian invasion as an operation.
“The Montreux Convention establishes the regulation on the passage of warships in coastal and non-coastal countries. Turkey has so far implemented the agreement to the letter. Under these circumstances, we will implement the Montreux Agreement. Article 19 is quite clear. In the beginning it was the attack of Russia, we evaluated it with experts, soldiers, lawyers. It has now turned into a war. This is not a military operation, it is officially a state of war. “In this case, of course, whoever it is, it could be Russia, it could be Ukraine, in this case, we are implementing the Montreux agreement in this way,” the Turkish foreign minister told CNN on Sunday. Turk.
New shots against Dendia
Referring to the Greek Foreign Minister, Mr. Tsavousoglou stated that “as I have said before, Mr. Dendias sees the daily attack in Turkey as a service to his country. He plays for domestic politics. As Turkey, we also criticize when needed, we give it clearly. If Mr. Dendias does not attack Turkey at least five times a day, he feels short of time. Turkey’s resolute stance may have bothered them in the Eastern Mediterranean. Right now, the whole world is focused on Ukraine. There is a war. The fact that he took advantage of this situation and attacked Turkey is really comically tragic. We do not respond to the statements of Dendia who attacks Turkey every day. This time, however, I could not bear it and I answered. I was sorry to put him in a difficult position, but I had to answer. But it was worth it! “
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