“We are trying to increase our friends. We don’t have any problems that we can’t solve with the countries in our region,” Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said tonight after the cabinet meeting in Ankara.
Regarding the visit of Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Turkey, he said that “like a double-headed eagle of the Setltzouks, we are developing our relations with East and West”, while he did not fail to send a message to Brussels regarding the European perspective of his country.
In detail in his statement, the Sultan said:
“We are trying to increase our friends. We have no problem that we cannot solve with the countries in our region. We believe that there is no door that dialogue and negotiations cannot open. It is enough to approach with good intentions and give diplomacy a chance. The sequel will surely come with a little effort and a little sacrifice. Tomorrow we will host in our country my brother the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah. Next week, on Monday, the Prime Minister of Greece Mr. Mitsotakis will come to Ankara as part of an official visit. Like the double-headed eagle of the Seljuks, we will seek the way to develop our relations with the East and the West on the basis of our common interests.”
Regarding Euro-Turkish relations, Erdogan said: “Turkey is willing to improve its relations with the European Union and its member states, as long as the Principles of Law and Pacta Sunt Servanda (agreements must be respected) are respected.” However, for this to happen, the European Union must first shake off its strategic blindness and stop excluding Turkey. Turkey is the only way out of the tug-of-war in which Europe is trapped due to the rivalry between the powers in the East and the West of Europe. The sooner European leaders see and accept this reality, the better it will be for them.”
Turkey: Athens is on alert ahead of the meeting
Speaking recently about Greece-Turkey relations and his upcoming trip to the neighboring country, the Greek Prime Minister sent the message that “approaches are enforced and that illusions are not allowed.”
“Despite the calm that now prevails in the Aegean, we must not forget that the neighbors from the East are also accelerating their own armament program. Approaches are therefore imposed, but under no circumstances are illusions allowed, and we must all be alert but never naive, staying fixed on the compass that points to international law, peace and cooperation”, Kyriakos Mitsotakis had characteristically said.
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