SYRIZA: ‘Mr. Mitsotakis returns from the US without any commitment to our national interests’

“At a time of dangerous geopolitical upheaval and rapid upgrading of both Turkey and US-Turkish relations, Mr. Mitsotakis is returning from a visit to the United States with much applause but no substantial commitment to our national interests,” he said. SYRIZA-PS. “It has not claimed and therefore has not made any commitment to the sale of fighter jets to Turkey,” the official opposition continued, criticizing and adding:

“He did not receive even an indirect comment from the US President on overflights and violations below 6 nm. He did not set and therefore did not win any conditions for Turkey’s participation in the new energy architecture.”

As SYRIZA-PS emphasizes, “with these data, any communicative and symbolic value of the visit can not hide the failure of the strategy of the predictable and given” ally “”.

“An ‘ally’ who, in exchange for all the unprecedented concessions he has made, seeks approval instead of claiming commitments in the interests of the Greek people,” he said, noting that “the F35 purchase announcement – once again beyond and beyond any “Unfortunately, it is a sad and costly admission on the part of Mr. Mitsotakis that there was no lie in the reports of the last few days and that the American President confirmed the sale of the F16 to Turkey.”

“Greece must return immediately to an active, multidimensional foreign policy and to a Government that truly claims and fights for the interests of the Greek people,” the SYRIZA-PS statement concludes.

Source: Capital

You may also like