Turkish provocations: Athens opposes Erdogan’s incendiary statements
Erdogan is preparing to give Athens its response to all the fake news and provocations in Ankara, as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will respond to the incendiary statements of the Turkish President in his UN speech tomorrow.
The Greek Prime Minister, who is in the USA, yesterday sent the first warning “shot” to Ankara, noting that “I will not tolerate bullying from anyone”.
Speaking at a dinner held in honor of expatriate organizations in New York, the prime minister emphasized that “we always act according to International Law” and that Greece will do everything it can to strengthen its alliances, especially with the United States, emphasizing excellent Greek-American relations.
Mitsotakis answers on Friday
Mitsotakis’ speech tomorrow is of particular interest. According to information about the answers of the Greek Prime Minister, it is possible that they will also be given with numbers and figures.
Athens will not simply reject Erdoğan’s statements as fake news, but according to the most likely scenario, it will attempt to back up its words with numbers.
The numbers that could refer to the measures taken by the Greek authorities at sea, to arrests that have not been made on the opposite side, but also to the work of the immigrant-refugee from Ankara.
Internationalization
Greek diplomacy, for its part, is preparing for a new round of international contacts with the aim of informing partners and allies.
Both Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who has been in New York since Tuesday night, and Nikos Dendias, who arrived at the UN General Assembly on Monday, are using their meetings in this direction, seeking to provide their contacts with the necessary information. both for fake news and Turkey’s propaganda and for the dangerousness of the scene that is being set up.
With Dendias having already warned in his letters with the answers to those of Mevlut Cavusoglu, addressing the UN, EU and NATO, for the worst, noting that the immediate condemnation of the Turkish threats by the entire international community is necessary.
He underlined that “by not doing it in time or by underestimating the seriousness of the matter, we risk again witnessing a similar situation to the one that is unfolding today in another part of our continent. This is something none of us wanted to see.”
The foreign minister, moreover, had called Erdoğan’s claims from the floor of the UN General Assembly false.
He pointed to Ankara as being responsible for the instrumentalization of immigration, noting that Turkey is the country that threatens war and illegally owns the territories of foreign countries such as the Republic of Cyprus.