Emphasizing Türkiye‘s want for dialogue, peace, and good-neighborly relations within the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean seas, the Turkish protection minister on Monday mentioned Athens tries to forestall and sabotage session and confidence-building measures talks with Ankara.
Hulusi Akar recalled the halted session conferences in addition to the confidence-building measures and NATO’s “decomposition methods” conferences by the Greek facet.
“Not only Greece does not want to hold these talks, but it also tries to prevent them from happening and sabotages them,” mentioned Akar throughout a go to to TCG Anadolu, which might be Türkiye’s largest warship.
Some Greek politicians and protection officers are aiming to “cover up” native points by always and consciously rising tensions with Türkiye, Akar famous, saying Türkiye is being “cautious” as a lot as potential.
He burdened that Athens makes an attempt to current the issues between Greece and Türkiye as “issues related to NATO, the US, and the EU.”
“Everyone is now aware of their (Greece’s) tricks. We consider and expect everyone to be more cautious in this regard,” he added.
Türkiye’s all claims are primarily based on authorized details and concrete knowledge, Akar mentioned, including: “Despite this, there are many Greece-related reasons for not getting any results. There are many scandals in Greece right now. There is the wiretapping scandal, migration scandal, and corruption.”
He mentioned the Greek public “noticed” its authorities’s failures within the Eastern Mediterranean, so Athens “hopes to cover all of it by increasing tensions” with Ankara.
“We want them (the Greek government) to see that it is not possible for them to survive by creating tension, and that diversion is not profitable,” he added.
The Turkish protection chief additional refuted claims that Türkiye is a menace, and burdened: “Türkiye is not a threat to anyone, rather, is a reliable, strong, and effective ally.”
Türkiye, a NATO member for over 70 years, has complained of repeated provocative actions and rhetoric by Greece within the area in current months, together with arming islands close to Turkish shores which might be demilitarized below treaty obligations. Ankara says that such strikes frustrate its good-faith efforts for peace.
