Contact Mr. Mitsotaki with D. Koutsoumba – G. Varoufaki for a meeting with Erdogan

The Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, contacted today the Secretary General of the KKE, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, in the context of briefing the political leaders, after the meeting he had with the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Mr. Koutsoubas, according to a relevant information, “asked for clarifications from the Prime Minister, as the Greek people are very concerned about the developments in the Greek-Turkish relations, especially since these relations – due to the imperialist war in Ukraine and the competition with Russia – are formed on the basis of the goal for cohesion in the South-East wing of NATO, but also on the basis of energy planning and competition, in which the two countries are involved.

This framework has over time strengthened the claims of the Turkish ruling class and fueled a “bargain” for settlements between the two NATO “partners”, to the detriment of the country’s sovereign rights.

The KKE considers that Greece’s deeper involvement in Euro-Atlantic projects – and in fact with the ongoing imperialist war in Ukraine – not only does not constitute a “shield” against Turkish “revisionism”, but may involve the country and the people in great dangers. “.

Mr. Koutsoubas “denounced to the Prime Minister unacceptable phenomena of anti-communism, distortion and falsification of the KKE positions emanating from ND forces and circles (eg from the DAP in the field of youth), on the occasion of the imperialist war in Ukraine, but generalizing for its entire historical course “.

Finally, the secretary general of the KKE Central Committee wished the prime minister a speedy recovery from the coronavirus.

What he said to G. Varoufaki

According to an announcement by MERA25, “Mr. Mitsotakis conveyed the mild climate in which his meeting with the President of Turkey took place as well as his assessment that the coming months will be” quiet “because Mr. Erdogan, disturbed by the developments in the Ukrainian, decided to drop tensions in the Aegean “. “Although this does not solve the chronic problems”, added Mr. Mitsotakis, “at least it ensures a period of calm and de-escalation of tensions in the Aegean”, as noted in the same announcement.

For his part, Mr. Varoufakis, after thanking the Prime Minister for the information, noted the choice of Mr. Mitsotakis of non-prior consultation with the political leaders, preferring, instead, an ex-post information that does not help in building a national strategy, which would strengthen the position of the Prime Minister himself in such meetings.

In addition, the secretary of MERA25 reminded Mr. Mitsotakis of the party’s firm proposal to avoid bilateral negotiations, which are a trap for the country through a formal invitation of Athens to all the Eastern Mediterranean countries to a Regional Conference on the joint issue of marine zones. “Whether Mr. Erdogan agrees or disagrees, such an invitation would create a foothold for the country and a prospect of a way out. But the government, instead of seizing this opportunity, is increasingly trapped in dead-end bilateral negotiations,” MERA25 reported.

Finally, after Mr. Varoufakis developed the position of MERA25 for the settlement of the Ukrainian issue on the basis of the Biden-Putin summit agreement (where the international community will guarantee the independence of a neutral Ukraine in exchange for the withdrawal of Russian troops and the cancellation of Russia), asked the same question to Mr. Mitsotakis that he has officially submitted as a topical question that is pending to be discussed in Parliament: What proposal for a solution to the Ukrainian issue is being submitted by the Greek government to the European Union and NATO?