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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu made provocative new remarks at a joint press conference with his German counterpart Haiko Maas.
“Unfortunately, Greece continues its provocations, takes measures that violate the demilitarization regime of the islands, constantly conducts military exercises,” NAVTEX announces without doing anything there. We also saw the Archbishop’s statements. We know the purpose of these movements. “They want to provoke Turkey to take similar measures, and they will tell Europe, ‘Look, Turkey is continuing its negative steps,’ and they will ask for sanctions.” Tsavousoglou characteristically stated, according to SKAI Istanbul correspondent Manolis Kostidis.
“We are not a country that is afraid of sanctions. We are not afraid of sanctions that come from Europe or the United States. If we had been afraid that we had not done what we have done so far, if some people want to destroy all relationships, the responsibility will be theirs. I hope that Greece will stop making such provocations, that common sense prevails and that our meetings will bring results, it is not a useful approach because between Greece and Turkey so far there are many problems that cause tensions. Aegean Sea, territorial waters, airspace problems related to the sea, such as the scope of maritime jurisdiction, it is not correct for them to choose a topic and say that we are making exploratory contacts, he said.
For his part, German Foreign Minister Haiko Maas said: “Now it matters that we have put the difficult discussions of last year behind us and we are very happy with your willingness to start exploratory contacts last week and I am not speaking only as a minister German Foreign Office, but also on behalf of many of my counterparts within the EU. “
Before his visit to Turkey, Haikos Maas stressed that “this game of fire must not be repeated.” Turkey’s partner in NATO has a clear obligation to resolve even difficult disputes through negotiation, in accordance with international law and not endanger peace in the region. “
Source: skai.gr
