message for them Turkish citizens addressed the prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis from the hall of its 77th General Assembly UNcharacteristically saying:Greece does not threaten you, we are your friends“.

Mr. Mitsotakis devoted most of his speech, as he said, Turkey’s revisionist agenda regarding Greece. “I said that I am always open to dialogue based on international law,” he stressed, noting that “Turkey is an important country, a member of NATO” and that it can play an important role. However, he added, “it is playing a destabilizing role in the Eastern Mediterranean and elsewhere.”

Reported recent threats from Ankara’s political leadershipwhat “the night will come“, emphasizing that this is intimidation and this “attacker’s language“.

“If President Erdogan wants to talk about red lines, then I will say this: Turkish claims to sovereignty over the islands of Greece unfounded as well as unacceptably. The questioning of the sovereignty of the Greek territory crosses the red line for all Greeks,” he stressed emphatically and added: “As Prime Minister of Greece, I will never compromise on the territorial integrity, security and stability of my country. Greece won’t accept bowling from anyone.”

XThe growing aggressive rhetoric of Turkey against Greece, repeated violations of fake news and the refusal of the Turkish leadership to engage in dialogue between the two countries are characterized as extremely alarming.

However, he stressed that “the citizens of Greece and Turkey have a long tradition of good relations.”

He then stressed that Ankara is using this for its own purposes. refugee since 2020, talking about a fake news campaign about the situation with migratory flows in the Aegean.

At the same time, he assured that Greece continues to defend its borders, always respecting international law and human rights. He also noted that we are rescuing migrants as needed, “just like yesterday.”

“Russia’s invasion must not succeed.”

The Prime Minister decided to start his speech by saying: “We are faced with a choice: to unite to resist authoritarianism“, adding: “Something happened that in Europe we thought was unthinkable.”

Referring to the war Ukrainehe said, we did not expect him, “but as Europeans we are proud of our reaction.”

“Russian invasion should not succeedso that a message is sent to every authoritarian leader,” he said, pointing out that this message was sent by many leaders from the UN in a loud manner.”

Speaking of the energy crisis, he said “we are in for a tough winter” because “Russia has used energy to hit Europe and destabilize governments.”

“We know that there is a price to pay to be on the right side of history,” he stressed.

“In Europe, not only Ukraine was attacked,” he stressed, referring to Turkish invasion in Cyprus.