Avramopoulos: Greece is not a threat, but it has every right to protect its national sovereignty – Newsbomb – News
“I don’t see an escalation in the field from Turkey,” he said, among other things.
“However, Greece does not threaten any right to protect its independence and national sovereignty”, pointed out the former EU Commissioner. and the former Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos speaking on the central news bulletin of ERT and Giorgos Kouvaras, regarding what we can expect from the UN session.
“I don’t see an escalation in the field from Turkey,” he said among other things.
When asked how much importance he attaches to the US decision to lift the arms embargo to Turkey, he emphasized, among other things: “It will be funny if Turkey claims that it is threatened by Cyprus.”
Regarding whether a tete-a-tete between Mitsotakis and Erdogan in New York is realistic in the current circumstances, he emphasized: “Sane people never close the door.”
As for what he thinks Putin will do in Ukraine, he said: “Putin wants to “bring” the West to its knees and he will go all the way (…) He needs to start losing his temper.”
Asked whether he will be a candidate again, he stated that he is “present in the battle”, while for the if it will be on the ballots of the next elections, he characteristically said: “Why not?”.
Source: ERT