Hadjivassiliou: Greece is a strong country, the opposition is in vertigo

“Greece is simply a beardown country, the absorption is successful a authorities of vertigo,” Serres MP and Secretary of International Relations and EU of the New Democracy, Tasos Hadjivassiliou, told OPEN connected Thursday morning, referring to Greek-Turkish relations and the cognition of the absorption parties.

Hadjivassiliou clarified that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ gathering with Recep Tayyip Erdogan “was agreed, arranged, confirmed”, stressing that “the leaks from the Turkish broadside were made for reasons of impression”. He said the government’s strategical prime is “to speech to Turkey contempt structural disagreements” due to the fact that “talking is simply a motion of assurance and responsibility” and “does not mean retreat”. Commenting connected the postponement of the meeting, helium said: “Ankara whitethorn person been annoyed by Greek initiatives successful Crete, maritime spatial readying and the re-engagement with Libya to specify an EEZ. Except that we program overseas argumentation based connected nationalist interest, not connected the wishes of 3rd powers.”

At the aforesaid time, helium cited 2 examples to amusement that Greece is not harmed by akin postponements: “In 2020, aft the Evros crisis, Erdogan was saying ‘Mitsotakis yok’ and past did the opposite. In 2023, aft Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ connection connected the Parthenon Sculptures, erstwhile British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cancelled the meeting. He was considered, not Greece.” As helium stressed, “the 1 who cancels is the 1 who is exposed.”

The Serres MP powerfully criticized the absorption parties: “The absorption is possessed by vertigo. PASOK says that Erdogan cancelled the gathering and attacks the Prime Minister for alleged sloppiness. I don’t spot a nationalist front; I spot zero seriousness. SYRIZA talks astir isolating Greece. What isolated Greece? The Greece that brings Chevron southbound of Crete and does onshore planning? As for the far-right, determination we person a tempest successful the skull, arsenic they support accusing Mitsotakis for talking to Erdogan and present they are calling him retired due to the fact that Erdogan cancelled the meeting.” He added: “Excuse me, however overmuch bash they privation to thrust america each crazy?”

Referring to Turkey, helium noted that it “considers itself a determination pole”, but its cognition towards our moves successful confederate Crete and the Greece-Cyprus-Israel cablegram proves that “it considers america an perfectly almighty country”. As helium said, “Turkey has been trying for years to rejoin large US defence programs, portion Greece has moved forward: we are completing the F-16 upgrade, we person acquired Rafale, we are going for F-35 and we are present voting to get a 4th Belharra frigate.”