Agreement with Turkey in Berlin: Mitsotaki’s revelation and surprise from the opposition

09/10/2020 Greece



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New facts on the national political scene have been created by Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s revelation in the European press about the existence of a “written agreement” with Turkey in the context of the German-mediated talks.

Agreement on neutral ground

The passage in question in Mr. Mitsotakis’s article published in The Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Le Mond and has lit fires that sparked a strong confrontation with opposition parties as follows:

“When Berlin offered to mediate, we sat down in good faith to try to find common ground. We even managed to reach a ‘written agreement’. The result was that Turkey finally withdrew, revealing informal but secret talks.”

In essence, this quote from the Prime Minister confirms a previous statement by Ibrahim Kalin, adviser to the President of Turkey, who after the revelation of the secret tripartite meeting in Berlin at the level of diplomatic offices in Athens and Ankara, stated that “we went to Berlin as We discussed the issue there. We reached an agreement. Even the Foreign Ministries agreed on the text to make a joint statement on the matter. “One day before the announcement, Greece announced that it had reached an agreement with Egypt.”

They denounce secret diplomacy

However, this revelation by Kyriakos Mitsotakis provoked angry reactions from the other political leaders, who declared total ignorance of the existence of this “written agreement” and accused the Prime Minister of secret negotiations and secret diplomacy.

The common denominator of the opposition parties is that during Mr. Mitsotakis’s recent meetings with political leaders on the Greek-Turkish issue, the Prime Minister did not mention any of these issues.

Indeed, Alexis Tsipras and Fofi Gennimata spoke out on the issue, while the KKE also categorically stated that Kyriakos Mitsotakis did not present information on Dimitris Koutsoumbas.

In this context, the opposition parties are demanding the publication of this agreement with Turkey.

The document remains hidden

“We were all informed today by the article of Mr. Mitsotakis in the European newspapers, that he signed commitments for the country towards Turkey, in a document that remains secret until today and no one knows its exact content,” he said. Tsipras and concludes:

“The problem is that Mr. Mitsotakis is not telling the truth to the Greek people. He conducts secret diplomacy and uses a different language than another within the country, always fearful of disappointing his party and electorate.

It commits the country to Turkey, without informing anyone, but also without asking, as it should, authorization to sign commitments. Not from the Council of Political Leaders, not from the Greek Parliament, not even from her cabinet. “

“Even now, he has an obligation to immediately inform the Greek people and political parties about the document he secretly signed with Turkey and the terms that Greece has committed to.”

We were all informed today by Mr. Mitsotakis’s article in European newspapers, that he himself signed commitments to …

Posted by Alexis Tsipras on Thursday, September 10, 2020

This statement by Alexis Tsipras was posted on SYRIZA’s official twitter account with the title: “Al. Tsipras: Mr. Mitsotakis to immediately inform the Greek people and political parties about the document that he secretly signed with Turkey.”

Exercise dangerous secret diplomacy

A fire broke out against the Prime Minister for his reference to a written agreement with Turkey and the Fofi Gennimata.

From the Prime Minister’s articles in the international press, we were informed that there is a “written agreement” with Turkey during the tripartite meeting in Berlin.

Mr. Mitsotakis hid it from both the parties and the Greek people. We demand that the text of the agreement be immediately handed over to the political parties.

It is confirmed that he is conducting a dangerous secret diplomacy. You handle matters on your own, without anyone giving you a blank check. You are solely responsible for the manipulations and the results.

Where does Mr. Mitsotakis finally go? So far, it does not provide “, emphasizes the president of KINAL.

Dangerous bazaar

According to the KKE, there was no information about an agreement with Turkey at the prime minister’s meeting with Dimitris Koutsoubas.

The KKE recalls that, based on political assessments and publications, in a comment on July 15, the KKE press office had commented on the meeting of representatives of the Greek and Turkish governments in Germany, mediated and attended by a representative of the German Presidency:

“In essence, through ‘secret’ or ‘open’ negotiations, the achievements of the Turkish aggression are legitimized and the deal established by the EU, the United States and NATO with the bourgeoisie and the governments of Greece and Turkey. The deal is dangerous and includes Greek sovereign-territorial rights. “

The Prime Minister has the responsibility not to report on the content of this agreement and must do so immediately, finally affirms the KKE.

The secret deal in the trash

The MERA25 secretary has warned the prime minister in Parliament that he is being drawn into bilateral negotiations on all matters, under Merkel-Washington arbitration.

“Today it turns out that indeed, not only was Mr. Mitsotakis drawn into this negotiation, but also a written ‘agreement’ was imposed on him – from which, in the end, Turkey withdrew,” reports MERA25, recalling that it rejects bilateral negotiations with Turkey under foreign arbitration and underlines:

The other opposition parties are asking the government to see the “paper” on which the secret “agreement” between Mitsotaki and Erdogan was written. We don’t even want to see it.

We demand that it be put in the basket of the useless as it deserves in a product of secret, deadly, bilateral negotiations that cannot promote the Peace and Cooperation that the peoples of the Eastern Mediterranean need ”.

At the same time, the Prime Minister’s revelation sparked a fierce confrontation between the Maximos mansion and Alexis Tsipras and Koumoundourou, with both sides accusing each other of lying.

Government spokesman Stelios Petsas returned, responding to Alexis Tsipras’ statement, claiming that the SYRIZA president was “blatantly lying” when he stated that he did not know why he was not informed by the prime minister.

The diplomatic adviser had been informed

“We expected more responsibility from the leader of the official opposition. Mr. Tsipras reminds all Greeks once again that the lawsuit imposed by their institutional role falls to him great. “Once again he is blatantly lying,” government spokesman Stelios Petsas commented.

He noted that Mr. Tsipras’s diplomatic adviser had been briefed by Mr. Mitsotakis’s diplomatic adviser about everything that was happening at the tripartite meeting in Berlin. “When he met Mr. Erdogan alone, we do not remember him informing anyone from the opposition,” Petsas added.

He knew for a long time

It was preceded by the statement by government spokesman Stelios Petsas that Alexis Tsipras had known for a long time by responding to tweets by SYRIZA Chancellor George Katrougalos, in which Katrougalos claimed that Mitsotakis was keeping the secret from politicians. Berlin, which the government had demoted as an official meeting between diplomatic advisers.

The government spokesperson typically responded that “Mr. Tsipras was fully informed about the prime minister’s discussions.” Perhaps Mr. Katrougalos was lost in translation. “

“We are very impressed that Mr. Katrougalos is asking us and not his leader,” he said, adding that government spokesman Stelios Petsas added: “On the substance of the matter, when we have something to say, we say it publicly. “.

George Katrougalos returned insisting on his original position that there was no information from the political leaders.

Lies and insults

For his part SYRIZA counterattacked denying the information at the level of diplomatic advisers between Messrs. Tsipra and Mitsotaki.

“Once again, the government spokesperson uses lies and insults to justify the unjustified,” said the SYRIZA press office.

“However, what he says about the alleged briefing of the diplomatic adviser to the SYRIZA president on the signing of a text with Turkey, is in total contradiction not only with the truth but with common sense,” notes SYRIZA and exposes the following reasons:

First of all, because the prime minister met for hours with the president of the official opposition and all party leaders without referring to any agreement or arrangement with Turkey, as is clear from all relevant statements by the leaders. “Especially given these meetings, it is unacceptable for Mr. Petsas to refer to the communication from diplomatic advisers, since SYRIZA never referred to the corresponding communication from diplomatic advisers when he was in government,” SYRIZA notes, adding:

Tsipras’ diplomatic adviser was also not informed

Second, because there was no information from the diplomatic adviser to the SYRIZA president that there was an agreement or “written understanding” between Greece and Turkey. Only after Turkey’s Foreign Minister revealed the tripartite meeting in Berlin, then was there information about some of the developments in Berlin and the attempt to reduce escalation, but with a clear clarification that neither party had signed anything. and Turkey had not. until that moment he consents to nothing. Furthermore, there was no information on an agreement on any text, not even afterwards ”.

“So instead of Mr Mitsotakis trying to create impressions to hide his inability to manage the Greek-Turks and his irresponsibility in informing the Greek people and opposition parties, at least let him inform even now what it is that he agreed and on what terms did the country commit itself in writing in Berlin, in the absence of the Greek people ”, concludes the SYRIZA press office.



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