Venizelos: It would be a big mistake for Greece and Turkey not to talk under the new circumstances of the war in Ukraine
Evangelos Venizelos considers the meeting of the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and the Turkish President, Tayyip Erdogan, in Istanbul tomorrow, a positive event, especially under the new data that he is shaping for security in the wider war zone in Ukraine.
“Everyone talks to everyone, many mediation efforts are developed, new or latent relationships and possibilities are revealed.
Turkey and Israel, for example, appear to have privileged contacts with Russia, which is crucial to their security and which links the war in Ukraine to the war in Syria.
In this climate, which was a big mistake for Greece and Turkey, two NATO member countries, not to talk, since 1952 under harsh conditions of the Cold War, crucial for the operation of the so-called southeastern wing, two countries of the Eastern Mediterranean that “, despite the known problems in their relations, they have many similarities”, says Mr. Venizelos in his consultation with “Nea”.
Commenting on Europe’s attitude towards the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Mr. Venizelos points out that the common denominator of the West was seen as a strategic entity and not as a geographical location and emphasizes:
“Liberal democracy is the territory of the West. Whoever wins ideologically wins both culturally and technologically and militarily. This was evident in the way both World War II and the Cold War ended. “In the same way, the resurgence that seeks to rewrite the end of the Cold War 33 years later will end.”
As for where Greece belongs, Evangelos Venizelos is clear: “Greek history for two hundred years moves on two asymptotic levels. A level of rhetoric, full of illusions, atavisms, misery, identity crises. And a real level that increased the territory, the population, the national wealth, stabilized the country’s position in Europe and in the West in general, established a liberal democracy and, despite the problems, inequalities, injustices and contradictions, is a great success. . history to which Greece belongs and which belongs to the Greeks “.