Erdogan casts a heavy shadow at Madrid summit – Athens stance
Focusing on tomorrow’s speeches by the leaders of the 30 NATO member states and today’s meeting of Turkish President Erdogan with the Prime Minister of Sweden and the President of Finland, Athens maintains its composure despite repeated repeated and aggressive attacks. . of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet for the first time, after the “Mitsotakis yoke”, four-on-four with the Turkish President during the three-day NATO summit, which starts today in Madrid, while Turkey hopes to hold a meeting on the sidelines of the summit. chairman. Erdogan with US President Joe Biden.
Mr. Mitsotakis goes to Madrid fully prepared for the possibility that the Turkish President will raise the issue of military education on the islands and the message sent from the Maximos Palace is that the most appropriate answers to any question will be given in the strictest way. put.
The Greek Prime Minister who has at his disposal all the evidence that shows the escalation of the Turkish provocation in the last period, something that is also known to the leaders themselves as the process of internationalization of the Turkish provocations is in progress.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is meeting today with Swedish Prime Minister Eva Magdalena Anderson and Finnish President Sauli Niinistστε in Madrid. to discuss the applications of the two Nordic countries to join NATO, the impasse for the countries remains.
Mr Erdogan, who has blocked any progress on the issue, has accused Stockholm and Helsinki of supporting “terrorist organizations” and has shown no proposal to compromise ahead of the talks.
“Tomorrow we will go to the NATO summit in Spain and do what is necessary to defend the rights and interests of our country,” the Turkish head of state said on Monday, according to government sources.
He added that he would explain the “hypocrisy” about “terrorist organizations” to other heads of state and government with “documents, information and photos”.
Mr Erdogan has accused Sweden and Finland of backing the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the People’s Protection Units (YPG), which Turkey calls “terrorist organizations”. Stockholm and Helsinki dispute Turkish allegations.
Present at the talks will be NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who aims to prevent Turkish opposition to the two Nordic countries joining the Atlantic Alliance to overshadow the summit.
At the three-day NATO summit, the first since Russia’s entry into Ukraine on the 24th, the 30th February military alliance to adopt its new strategic doctrine with “Russia an immediate threat” as well as plans to strengthen its eastern wing. .
Erdogan’s ardent desire to meet with Biden
The Turkish capital welcomed the statements of National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan about the possibility of a Erdogan-Biden meeting within the framework of the NATO summit. For days now, there has been intense pressure on Turkey to change its stance on the issue of Sweden and Finland joining NATO, but also to de-escalate the aggressive rhetoric of Ankara, Greece and Cyprus and the consequent tension on whether. Mediterranean.
Anastasiadis: We will not follow the descent of indecent behavior
We are not going to follow the descent of an indecent behavior followed by those who have revisionist behaviors, said the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiadis.
Arriving at the graduation ceremony at the University of Cyprus and invited to comment on the statements of the Turkish Vice President who rejects the MOE and does not want to make any concessions, asking for Famagusta, President Anastasiadis said that “we remain committed to the goal and to repeat the sums. solution on the basis of UN resolutions, the UN Charter, European values and principles.
We are not going to follow the downfall of an indecent behavior followed by those who have revisionist policies. “
New aggressive statements by Erdogan
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a few hours before his move to Madrid, announced new research and drilling in the Eastern Mediterranean, but did not specify a time. “In the Aegean and the Mediterranean, we have not hesitated and will not stop taking the necessary steps to support our rights. “With our four drilling rigs and our two seismic vessels, we are determined to continue our activities in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, without any interruption,” he said after the cabinet meeting. According to the Turkish pro-government press, among the issues that Mr. Erdogan will raise are that of demilitarization and the questioning of the sovereignty of the Greek islands. For his part, the representative of the Turkish presidency, Ibrahim Kalin, clarified that the Turkish government raises the issue of demobilization only on its legal basis, it has nothing to do with questioning sovereignty.
The Turkish president stated that “we will continue our activities in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, without any interruption”.
In an interview with Haberturk, Mr Kalin said: “We are now reminded of the legal basis. “The militarization of the islands is illegal under the Treaty of Lausanne of 1923, as well as the Treaty of Paris of 1947. We are now expressing this.”
In an interview with Milliyet newspaper, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay took a tougher stance and threatened Greece, expressing the view that “the islands will be militarized. “Otherwise, their sovereignty will be challenged. As Turkey we will do that. We will challenge it. And where does this questioning of sovereignty reach? ” In the same vein of pre-election aggressive rhetoric in Athens and the president of the Republican People’s Party Kemal Kilicdaroglu, said that when his party takes over the government of Turkey “we will show them (s.s. to the Greeks) what will happen to them. located on those islands “.
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