OUR Recep Tayyip Erdogan showed in each of his posts that he wanted an unofficial rematch on American soil for what happened a few months earlier when Kyriakos Mitsotakis he spoke before the US Congress, and his speech made a big impression. Therefore, in recent days, the Turkish president has unleashed a flurry of slander on Greece, focusing on immigration. Greek prime minister travels to US UN Assembly, not in the mood for a new round of confrontation with the Turkish president, but this does not mean that he will not respond to challenges. Opera and so it happened.

Mr. Mitsotakis, who will also address the UN Assembly tonight, gave sharp replies to the President of Turkey. Initially, during a dinner hosted in his honor by expats in New York, he said Greece would not tolerate “bullying” from Ankara, referring to the rest of his UN speech today. Later in an interview, he gave the American network bloombergAsked about Turkey’s provocative stance and what Recep Tayyip Erdogan said from the UN rostrum, Mr Mitsotakis replied that “the accusation of crimes against humanity in the immigration issue by Greece is simply outrageous.” has been openly and very publicly using immigrants for the past two years, trying to encourage them, to send them to the Greek border, trying to push them to Europe.” The prime minister added that Greece is rescuing “tens of thousands of people who are in danger at sea” while at the same time protecting its borders, as it should. Mr. Mitsotakis concluded by saying that we are seeing a crescendo of Turkish rhetoric against Greece, adding that “we don’t need another source of geopolitical instability in the Eastern Mediterranean when we are at war against Russia and trying to support Ukraine.”

Elections will be held in the spring or early summer of 2023, the prime minister said in an interview with Bloomberg.

At the same time, the Prime Minister of Greece, unlike the President of Turkey, confirmed that he was open to meeting with him. “It is our destiny by geography to live together. President Erdogan currently refuses to meet with me. I said that I was always open to discussions and that it was in the interests of regional stability to soften the rhetoric significantly. I don’t think he will help anyone, not even himself, if he continues down this path.”

Mr Mitsotakis also touched on domestic issues, stressing that “we will have elections in the spring or early summer of 2023” and “our government remains far ahead in the polls and we are aiming for another absolute majority.” Finally, speaking about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he said that “the war is not going well for Russia” and “I believe that President Putin will do everything to turn the tide. But I am convinced that he will not succeed, ”he commented. As for the consequences of the actions caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Greek Prime Minister expressed pessimism about whether the EU will manage to set a ceiling on natural gas imports.

Yesterday, the prime minister, together with his wife Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis, visited the memorial to the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York. Then the Prime Minister visited I.N. Agios Nikolaos, which was destroyed on September 11, 2001, but has been rebuilt with the great participation of the Greek American community, is expected to function normally as a church in the next period. Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his wife were greeted by the Archbishop of America, Mr. Elpidoforos, who showed them around the place.