“Greece contributes to security and stability in the wider region by pursuing a foreign policy based on international law and the law of the sea, in full respect of the principles of the United Nations Charter,” diplomatic sources said, commenting on today’s statements. Turkish officials.

“Greece has never tried and is not trying to impose a fait accompli,” the same sources emphasize and add:

“On the contrary, it condemns all forms of expansionism and revisionism and, in the context of good neighborly relations, resolves outstanding issues with its neighbors such as Italy and Egypt through the rigorous application of international law and the law of the sea.”

“We continue to defend our sovereignty and our sovereign rights,” they conclude.

Erdogan: “We won’t bother you if you don’t contact us”

Recall, earlier today, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made new provocative statements against Greece. As the Turkish president said from Antalya, “until you mess with us in the Aegean, we won’t mess with you.”

In a lengthy speech of a purely pre-election nature, as Turkey clearly entered the home stretch for the presidential elections expected at the end of April, Mr. Erdogan once again addressed Greece in a threatening manner.

“We launched Typhoon. What is the range of Typhoon? 561 km. What did the Greeks do? They sounded the alarm… Newspapers immediately hit the front pages: “They will hit Athens,” they wrote,” Mr. Erdogan said.

“We don’t have that problem until you contact us in the Aegean. Until you contact us in the Aegean, we will not contact you. We still have a lot of work to do,” the Turkish President said.