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The Greek chancellor sent a strong message to Ankara after his meeting with the secretary general. from the ONU. Mr. Dendias stressed that a dialogue with Turkey cannot be held with Turkish ships on the Greek continental shelf.
“We have the right to appeal to the Security Council,” stressed the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, referring to the Turkish provocation, after the meeting he had in New York with the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres.
“Recourse to the Security Council is always a right of any member of the United Nations and, consequently, of our country.” But when, under what conditions, this possibility should be used, this is always a matter that is decided in the circumstances of the specific moment, “he characteristically said in his remarks.
In addition, he clarified that Greece did not study the proposals contained in the document presented yesterday to the Permanent Delegations to NATO by Jens Stollenberg: “We have not studied the document and therefore I could not tell you about dissatisfaction or satisfaction.. But what I want to repeat is what is stated in yesterday’s announcements from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, namely that Greece is not negotiating with Turkey. Greece has made it clear that negotiations with Turkey can take place as soon as the Turkish ships leave the Greek mainland. But not while the Turkish ships stay there. “
In addition, he claimed that he delivered to the UN Secretary General a letter from Kyriakos Mitsotakis that includes the Turkish provocations, while noting: “Meeting with the UN Secretary General is always a pleasant event in itself. He is an old friend of our country and an extremely experienced person in what happens in the area. It gave me the opportunity to explain to you what is happening in the Eastern Mediterranean, how Turkish crime creates problems for stability and peace in the region and we also talked about the Greek-Egyptian agreement, a copy of which I ceremoniously handed over to him. I handed him a letter from the Prime Minister, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, requesting the Prime Minister to forward it to the Security Council, and we also had the opportunity to exchange some views on the future of the Cyprus problem. How things could develop after the Turkish Cypriot “elections”».
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