[ad_1]
The “red lines” for Greece “have to do with respect for national sovereignty,” said Minister of State George Gerapetritis, referring to Turkish actions in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Speaking to Alpha television station and when asked about the “red lines”, Mr. Gerapetritis noted that “we have demonstrated our operational readiness.” The red line is national sovereignty, and when we say national sovereignty we mean the national territorial waters that today are defined as six nautical miles “.
“The easy leontars for the unilateral extension to 12 miles, which is a right of the Greek State and which it will exercise at the time it chooses, is not an issue that can be raised in the heat. “It is our duty to highlight Turkey’s hypocrisy and isolate it diplomatically,” he added.
As you said, diplomacy is not a sprint race but a road race that requires strategy. “The European Union has given Turkey an opportunity until the end of December to proceed with the de-escalation, in order to reach the talks, and on the other hand we have an improvement in Greece’s operational position.” It turned out to be in the eastern Aegean, it turned out to be the Mediterranean, “he stressed.
He stressed that “the issue of sanctions against Turkey is always potentially on the table. We leave a window for mediation, we are always with genuine debate and with international law, threats and blackmail will not be tolerated.”
F. Petsas: We will do what is necessary in the business field
Greece will raise the Turkish crime issue at Thursday’s summit and call for sanctions to be triggered, as government spokesman Stelios Petsas previously told SKAI.
As he underlined, “we are doing everything possible to demonstrate Turkish crime; and in the operational field we will do whatever is necessary.”
