Ankara continues its inflammatory statements, in the aftermath of Greece's defense agreements with France and the United States, with Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay talking about Cyprus, noting that "it is an island, which is ours from 1571 ».
Addressing in a provocative tone in Athens and Nicosia, Oktay said that "today, because they are trying to say a few things, to understand who the minority is and who the invaders are. Let us remind the Greeks, the Greek Cypriots and the whole world ".
At the same time, Oktay stressed that "in the Eastern Mediterranean, they can not get anywhere with the efforts to exclude Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots." In this context, he referred to the research ship "Nautical Geo", noting that Greece and the Greek Cypriots who did not understand this, used an Italian-owned ship with a Maltese flag and tried to send it for research on our continental shelf. Let me emphasize that whoever loses his way in the Mediterranean, will get his answer ".
Referring to the signing of Greece's agreements with France and the United States, Oktay said that "with whomever they have agreed and whatever agreement they have made, do not rely on them and whoever is hiding behind them and do not act like spoiled people. I say this to both Greece and the Greek Cypriots. If they try, they know the answer, which they will get as it happened historically, and today and in the future. "
"Also, we will not give in to the issue of giving life to Varosia again and we will continue to support this decision of the 'TRNC'", the Turkish vice-president concluded.
