A sharp response to Turkey’s claims for refugeethat yesterday on Tuesday repeated floor of the UN General Assembly Tayyip Erdoganhe gave an interview to CNN Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

He described Turkey’s complaints as “outrageous” and “unacceptable”, noting that “we have set about rescuing thousands of people at sea” and stressed that “Greece has saved more than 100 people today alone.”

He stressed that it is unacceptable to accuse Greece of violating rights, especially a country that exploits immigrants, even remembering the events EvrosMarch 2020

“We have an obligation to protect our borders, but whenever it was necessary, we helped,” he said, accusing Turkey of “distorting reality” and using “fake news”.

He even offered to establish cooperation with Turkey on the issue of refugees, “to sit together at the same table.”

He went on to say that lately we have seen “a crescendo in Turkish rhetoric against Greece”, which is “unacceptable”. “There is a solution, the application of international law,” noting that only on this basis can one speak with Turkey.

energy crisis

Asked about new EU sanctions against Russia, Mr. Mitsotakis replied that the Europeans should continue to impose sanctions and protect the population from rising prices due to the instrumentalization of energy by Russian President Putin.

He stressed that already seven packages of sanctions against Russia represent a significant intervention, but “European leaders must maintain the cohesion of European societies in the face of a difficult winter to cope with the consequences of high energy prices.”

Greece, he added, was a trailblazer on this issue, and “we look forward to further action from the Commission regarding natural gas.”

“Whatever sanctions we impose, they should hit the Russian economy more than the European one,” he said.