Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Tuesday in joint statements with his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen that Greece and Israel have forged an enduring partnership at a strategic level, which is based on their common interests and converging perspectives on many challenges.
In a significant upgrade in bilateral relations and of deepening cooperation in areas of mutual interest, a Common Statement of Strategic Cooperation between Greece and Japan was signed on Monday by visiting Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida at the latter’s residence in Tokyo.
According to Ikonomou, the Greek government is acting in accordance with international law and in its interests.
Hulusi Akar, in his new statements on Monday morning during a visit to the future flagship of the Turkish fleet, accused Greece of “drowning” in scandals and in order to hide them, takes on Turkey, the agency reports.
What Turkish analysts say
The Turkish foreign minister also pointed to the full lifting of an arms embargo against Cyprus as a further indication of US impartiality, while indicating that Ankara has brought up the issue with Washington.
In his answer, Yannis Economos stated that Greece "is neither intimidated, nor terrorised."
“The fact that they have given so many weapons to Greece is a clear indication that they have lost this balance,” Turkey’s Anadolu Agency reported Cavusoglu as saying during an end-of-year press briefing.
The Director of the Greek Prime Minister’s Diplomatic Office, Ambassador Anna-Maria Boura, met with Ibrahim Kalin, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman and chief foreign policy advisor, at the office of the German representation to the European Union, Protothema news stated.
Ms. Bakoyannis predicted that Turkey will continue this rhetoric and make an effort to irritate Greece
"The great heroes, the true heroes, are the ones who fight with little chance of success, against the odds and against adverse conditions," he underlined.
"We support dialogue, but we will not allow our rights to be violated," he continued, avoiding to name them, however, indirectly targeting Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Foreign Ministers Nikos Dendias and Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos.
His comment was an indirect response to the Turkish threats and to the statements of top analysts in Turkey that Ankara’s operation in Syria and northern Iraq “was a message to Greece”.
Speaking about Turkish nationalism, he emphasised that it is directed not only against Greece but also against the entire surrounding area.
The regional governor of the Central Macedonia region, an elected office holder, declined continuing an official visit to Turkey
Despite Turkey’s threats that the extension of Greek territorial waters is a cause of war, Athens has not moved from its longstanding position that the expansion of territorial waters to 12 nautical miles is an inalienable sovereign right.
The next elections in Greece will “take place in due time, at the end of the four-year term,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday,
Latvia has expressed support for Greece against Turkey’s aggression and revisionist stance in the Aegean during a joint press conference on Wednesday between the Presidents of both countries
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday, following the conclusion of the extraordinary two-day EU Summit, that Greece will never resort to raising tension with regard to Turkey.
The Greek Prime Minister’s speech to the Congress on May 17, at the invitation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, is what bothers Turkey as it believes that it will create obstacles in the attempt to get the coveted “OK” from the US legislature for the approval of the supply of F-16 fighter jets.
Athens: The Greek government has warned Turkey against continuing what it considers to be the military provocation of its neighbour in the eastern Aegean.
