Tsavousoglou’s new attack on Greece over immigration – The response of the Finnish Foreign Minister

Mevlut Tsavousoglou launched a new attack against Greece on immigration, during a joint press conference with Finnish Foreign Minister Peeka Havistos.

The Turkish Foreign Minister blamed Greece and the European Union for the management of immigration, claiming that “if we had done 1/10 of what Greece does, then we know what we would hear. But Greece has an excuse that states. It claims that it guards “Europe ‘s borders. While Europe’ s borders to the south and east start from Turkey.”

Afterwards, Mr. Tsavousoglou reiterated Ankara’s propaganda rhetoric about Greece’s stance on immigration, arguing that “unfortunately Frontex has supported Greece’s inhumane behavior at the border: deportations.”

“We also shared the videos and documents with the EU,” he added.

According to SKAI, Peeka Havisto did not accept Tsavousoglou’s accusations and defended Greece and Italy, which are host countries for refugees.

As the Finnish Foreign Minister said: “I have to defend Europe and Frontex and the whole border protection system. Recently in the autumn we saw what happened on the border between Belarus and Poland and Latvia. There the refugees were pushed by the Belarusian soldiers. “to the borders of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. There we tried to resolve the issue in cooperation with these countries and Frontex.”

He added: “But we have to make it clear that Greece and Italy are under a lot of pressure, we have to lift the weight of this refugee wave together. These countries are at the forefront and we have to support them in the face of the influx of refugees.” and from the Mediterranean “.