The Foreign Minister used harsh language in the joint interview he gave with his Turkish counterpart, after the meeting with Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. Nikos Dendias gave resounding answers to one by one the challenges, the objections and the claims of Turkey - in the issues of the Aegean, human rights, international conditions and immigration - in fact causing the annoyance of Mevlüt Tsavousoglu.
The book of Turkish provocations opens for the first time on Turkish soil with Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, presenting to the sullen Mevlüt Tsavousoglu and live, one by one the violations of Ankara in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean.
"I do not think this is the first time you have heard it and I would be very impressed if you expected my dear Mevlüt not to say it here in Ankara, that is, to come to Ankara and present things as if nothing had happened in the Aegean and not nothing has happened in the Eastern Mediterranean. "Greece's position is clear. Turkey has violated International Law and the Convention on the Law of the Sea in the Aegean and in the Eastern Mediterranean," Nikos Dendias stressed.
"When you come here and discuss the issues of the two countries and you start violating our rights, then I too can not remain silent in this," said Mevlüt Tsavousoglu.
Nikos Dendias responded without hesitation to Tsavousoglou's accusations about immigration. "After the events of February and March, Turkey should not teach a lesson in Greece," said Mr. Dendias.
"In the last 4 years you have sent back 80.000 refugees and you have thrown many of them into the seas and they have lost their lives," he said.
The answer to the head of the Turkish diplomacy on the issue of demilitarization of the islands was paid. "You raised the issue of demilitarization in the islands. "There is an army on the islands because the islands are threatened from somewhere," said Mr. Dendias.
Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu said: "We always talk about a fair share. "Obviously you can explain things with your own logic, but as far as the Lausanne Treaty is concerned, the things that were in force at the time and in terms of armaments should be looked at in a deeper analysis."
In Tsavousoglou's sharp reports on the involvement of third parties, Nikos Dendias addressed a strong reminder of the decisions of the last Summit, saying that "the possibility of action always exists if there are delinquent and illegal actions against sovereignty and sovereignty." "Of course we avoid illegal actions with all our hearts," he added.
"The fact that the EU has a mechanism that judges some things on maritime sovereignty does not mean that it is something that is true or that we accept it," said Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu.
The fuse that ignited the bloodshed was Turkish, as Mevlüt Çavuşo επέlu chose to repeat the non-existent claims about the Turkish minority in Thrace almost at the end of his introductory statement.
"For us, I must say that there is a Muslim minority in Greece, this is recognized by the Treaty of Lausanne, this is the official view of the Greek state," said Mr. Dendias.
In the enlarged talks that preceded the Greek mission, he emphasized the issue of de-escalation and immigration, as well as regional issues for Syria and Libya, proposing the aspect of a positive agenda. The ice broke with the reception of Nikos Dendias by Tayyip Erdogan taking place in the corridor and not in the large hall where the meeting was hosted.
At the iftar dinner that will follow the extended talks of the two delegations, the delicacies that will be offered to the Greek delegation are cheese pie, red lentil soup with croutons, rice milk with rose water, and for dessert baklava with walnuts and semolina.
The diplomatic marathon continues. Tomorrow in Paphos will take place the quadripartite Greece - Cyprus - Israel - UAE. On April 20, Nikos Dendias and Nikos Panagiotopoulos will be in Saudi Arabia for the signing of the defense agreement with the concession of a patriot group, while on April 27 and 29, a five-day meeting on the Cyprus issue is scheduled.
Source: Ert.gr