Greek-Turkish: Athens raised its glove on Ankara’s absurdities
Loud response to her inflammatory rhetoric Anchor and the demands for demilitarization of the islands were given by Nikos Dendias after meeting with his Saudi counterpart. Mr. Dendias described as “the epitome of irrationality” what Turkish officials have been saying in recent days, seeing an escalation of Turkish aggressive rhetoric against our country that has recently taken on dimensions we had not seen for years. “I stress that the Turkish government has made a distinction between the truth and every notion of international law including the law of the sea. “This position is an epitome of absurdity,” said Mr. Dendias.
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“Greece is threatened with war if the inalienable right of extension of territorial waters is exercised, as provided by international law. The Turkey “Against our islands the largest amphibious force and the largest amphibious fleet in the Mediterranean and at the same time we need to demilitarize our islands, that is, to give up the recognized right of self-defense provided in the UN map”, said Nikos Dendias and called Anchor after being “cut” as he said for international law to be applied, with “immediate withdrawal of the casus belli and immediate recognition of the non-existence of the Turkish-Libyan pact”. In the same line, the government spokesman, Giannis Oikonomou, who described as “communication shows of Turkey” the video showing students of the military school swimming in front of Kastelorizo, who “are not able to change the approach of seriousness, self-confidence and responsibility with which we handle national issues “.
Mr. Dendias also informed the US Undersecretary of State, Wendy Sherman, by telephone about the recent Turkish provocations and the dependence of provocative Turkish rhetoric, while she also informed about Athens’ actions in the Western Balkans. The phone call was made on the initiative of the US Deputy Secretary of State on the situation in Ukraine.
Ankara continues to provoke
Ankara, however, continues its havoc with the new war chants of Erdogan’s nationalist partner, Devlet Bahceli, who in his delirium, threatened to paint it with blood Aegean. “Let no one show power and do not threaten. “The Aegean will either be a sea of peace and tranquility, or the Turkish nation knows how to sign another victory with its blood, sacrificing its life”, said Mr. Bahceli yesterday.
The Greek staff, however, is on alert after yesterday’s overrun by an Unmanned Aircraft as it is estimated that Ankara is trying to test the reflexes of Athens.
Equal distances in the UN Secretary General’s report on the Cyprus issue
In Nicosia there is dissatisfaction with the reports of Secretary General Guterres who keep the distance between the two communities. At the Presidential Palace, there is an assessment that this is done so that the Secretary General keeps the window open so that the effort to resume the dialogue can continue. “I do not consider the export effort to discourage Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot side, on the contrary it can give the right to perceive that the positions of the other side are tolerated by the Secretary General,” said Cypriot government spokesman Pelekanos. On January 17, however, there will be a discussion on Guterres publications at the level of his Security Council UN.