Panagiotopoulos responds to Tsavousoglou: “Greece does not threaten, but also…
In the new attack of the Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusogluthe Minister of National Defense responded with a statement to Action 24 television station Nikos Panagiotopoulos.
“The statement about “war cause” which refers to Greece’s ability to exercise a legal right, more refers to provocative revisionism rather than in Ally behavior within the framework of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It shouldn’t trouble many,” he said
“Greece”, he reminded, “does not threaten, but also does not like to be threatened” and reiterated that “the government governs and operates based on the national interest and on the basis of the rules that govern peaceful coexistence between states, i.e. International Law, on the basis of International Law”.
Tsavousoglou threatens war if Greece’s territorial waters are extended to Crete
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu quietly brought back the casus belli today Thursday, a few days before the new year. regarding the possibility of extending the territorial waters of Greece to 12 miles, even in Crete.
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, at a press conference for the year’s review, reacted to the recent claims about the expansion of rural waters below the CreteSaying that:
“Our position on this matter is clear. Not only at 12 miles we will not allow territorial waters to extend into the Aegean (from Greece), but not at 1 mile either. The decision taken by our parliament in 1995 (s.s. casus belli) on this matter is clear and it is still valid.”
Then Mr. Cavusoglu once again warned Greece: Don’t get into adventures. You know very well that what has bad situation for you!“.
Mevlut Cavusoglu also stated that “we continue to protect our rights and interests in the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean. Our Ministry of Defense is in the field and we are simultaneously asserting our rights through diplomacy.”
The Turkish Foreign Minister claimed that they tried to work the dialogue channels with Greece at the beginning of the year, saying that they held the 64th consultation meeting in February.
But he claimed that suspended this dialogue due to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ campaign against Turkey, challenges in the Aegeanof allegations of genocide and pressures on the “Turks of Western Thrace”.
He also mentioned that Turkey sent two letters to the United Nations (UN) in 2021 regarding the violations committed by Greece on the islands with a demilitarized status and added that Greece recorded that Greece cannot claim sovereign rights against Turkey, if it does not fulfill its payments arising from the Lausanne and Paris agreements.
Cavusoglu also stated that the letters Greece gave in response to Turkey were of political content and that Turkey sent its third letter to the UN in September, in response to the second letter from the Athens government.
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