“THEN Turkey his main concern is that Greece is getting stronger. And it is getting stronger, because we have long been implementing a plan to strengthen at all levels of all branches of the armed forces,” said the Minister of National Defense from Kastoria. Nikos Panagiotopouloscommenting on recent statements by Erdogan.

“In any case,” Mr. Panagiotopoulos added, “we prefer to respond logically, not to raise our voice to an insulting level towards the other side, and, above all, to respond with projects.”

Referring to requests for the allocation of old camp lands to local authorities, he said that this is property that belongs to the share fund of the three branches of the Armed Forces, and those interested in studying will need to contact the ministry on what they think to do with specific lands.

For his part, Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Food Simos Kedikoglu mentioned the difficulties faced by the primary sector due to the huge increase in the entire chain of products for cultivation, and stressed that efforts are being made by the Ministry to find a solution to the energy consumption of products that will be stored in refrigerators for sale in the winter on foreign markets. “We emphasize and strongly support the producers who are on the border of the country, such as the farmers of Kastoria,” said Mr. Kedikoglu.

Source: APE/MEB