“It is unacceptable for Greece to be receiving threats that reach the point of disputing Greek sovereignty from a country that is an ally within NATO, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said at noon on Tuesday as Ankara has increased his escalating hostile rhetoric and threats and thus via the president himself Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“Greece’s fixed position supports dialogue on the basis of international law, the international law of the sea and good-neighbor relations, the PM said during a meeting with the President of Slovakia, Zuzana Čaputová who is officially visiting Greece.
“Turkey creates tension undermining security and stability in the region,” the PM underlined.
Tuesday afternoon, it was the turn of Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias to respond to Erdogan’s unprecedented threats
“We completely reject the Neo-Ottoman bullies,” Dendias stressed during a meeting with his French counterpart Catherine Colonna.
The FM said that Greece daily faces a series of threats and statements that he described as “outrageous”, pointing out to “maps that are periodically published depicting Greek islands as Turkish territory.”
Recalling Erdogan’s latest threat “We might come suddenly one night” that is a clear statement implying an invasion of Greek territory, Dendias “advised” “anyone who dreams of attacks and conquests to think 3 or 4 times, adding “we are sufficient to defend the integrity and territorial independence.”
He recalled also that Turkey threatens Greece with a casus belli if Athens exercises its rights as they derive from the International Law.
The Greek FM sent a clear message to Turkey saying that Greece has faced much more serious threats in its history and stressed “we completely reject the neo-Ottoman bullies.”
Many allies would beg to differ with this dishonest dictator.
This uneducated shameless fool wouldn’t dare have shot down a Russian plane if he was not hiding behind NATO’s apron strings. He knows well enough not to risk this protection as suddenly approving 2 new NATO members in an about turn might attest, ironically calling others terrorists.
Heaven help this cruel pirate if he tried to make good on his cowardly threats. It would be the Turkish people who would ultimately hold accountable this embezzling sultan’s constant failures and humiliation and real coups in Turkey usually work.
He can not deflect his self inficed and escalating woes by threatening a peace loving, law abiding, democratic nation. He does not control the international community’s media who expose how he loses everywhere today, at the border, in the skies, and at sea. Erdogan fools no one outside his borders.
NATO consists of the Turkish Army and Turkish army has no rival in Europe. Therefore, let’s continue our friendship with Turks.