K. Ah. Karamanlis: We will not go to a full-fledged discussion with Turkey, we are not talking about the ‘blue homeland’

The timeless revision strategy of Turkey was denounced by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Costas Ah. Karamanlis, speaking on SKAI TV station.

Mr. Karamanlis pointed out: “There is a combination of events here that is extremely worrying. We have a Turkey that, since ’96 and the Helsinki Accord and the Imia crisis, has now really decided to raise issues of revisionism. a deep strategy of Turkey. And let ‘s not forget that it is a matter of persons. “And you can not talk to the absurd.”

The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport therefore assessed that the combination of the “deep” strategic vision of the revision, which Turkey has, with the personality of Erdogan, is an explosive mixture in Greek-Turkish.

He also referred to the open letter of the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Petros Molyviatis, to the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg. He noted that Mr Molyviatis had stated that “the policy of equal distances is essentially the choice of the aggressor’s side and does not mean an Alliance when one country accepts a threat to caress the other”.

The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport referred to the statements of the Prime Minister that Greece does not want to cut off all communication with Turkey, but no one can have a dialogue with the absurd. He reminded that the New Democracy strengthens the deterrent power of the country and sets the framework for the dialogue with Turkey. “This is what Mr. Molyviatis says in his letter, this is what New Democracy traditionally says, this is not just what it says, Mitsotakis is doing it: That is, we will not go to a full-fledged discussion with Turkey, we will not start to talk about the “blue homeland” “.

Mr. Karamanlis assessed that Turkey has been trying step by step since 1996 to put Greece at the negotiating table and stressed: “Anyone who does not see that Turkey considers itself a regional sovereign power in the region and that “The ‘blue homeland’ strategy is a very deeply revisionist strategy and it will go to the end, I think it’s very funny.”

The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport characterized as unacceptable and on the verge of provocation an MEP of the official opposition to hold an entire fiesta in the European Parliament, accusing the Greek Coast Guard of allegedly throwing people into the sea. “I would like to agree on the basics. I think that is what the Greeks and the Greek citizens want today: At least in the nationals they want to have a common line,” he estimated.

Asked about the scenarios of blockade of Greek islands by Turkey, Mr. Karamanlis expressed confidence that the Armed Forces are ready to deal with any eventuality, recalling that the country has strengthened its deterrent capacity over the past three years and emphasizing that a serious country must be ready for any eventuality.

Regarding the measures against accuracy, Mr. Karamanlis stressed: “The government is not sitting idly by. It is doing everything possible, within the budget margins.” “We have shown that a government that believes in the free market, when it has to, intervenes to support vulnerable households and businesses,” he said.

He reminded that measures of 4 billion euros have already been taken and added: “Will you tell me is it enough? No, of course it is not enough and I wish instead of 4 we could give 44 … But I can not see the official opposition and the KINAL to say things without costing them “.

Mr. Karamanlis pointed out that the government is going step by step, because no one knows how long the crisis will last. “You cook before you are hungry. A government cannot come and give it all its arsenal, all its money, all its reserves,” he said.

Answering a question about the scenarios of early elections, Mr. Karamanlis referred to the statements of the Prime Minister for the exhaustion of the four years. “The elections will be decided by the prime minister. So now whether we say whether they will take place or not does not matter,” he said. The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport stated that the goal of New Democracy is autonomy, commenting: “Look what happened in the French elections”.

Referring to the extension of the Metro to Piraeus, Mr. Karamanlis said that the government received the project with problems and delays but nevertheless handed over the first 3 stations in the summer of 2020, while the construction part of the last three stations is completed in a few weeks. .