The Greek Prime Minister's trip to Washington could not have gone better. His meeting with Joe Biden, his contacts with key figures from the American political scene and his historic speech to Congress left the best impression. Something that Kyriakos Mitsotakis intends to "capitalize" on in the coming period.
[/P]Circles at the Great Maximus argue that there was complete agreement on all the national issues that were put on the table. Among them is the Cyprus issue, on which there was an in-depth discussion with the US President. The two leaders agreed that Turkey's attempts to change the form of the solution cannot be accepted and that the Cyprus problem must be resolved on the basis of the UN parameters.
In fact, when the Greek Prime Minister publicly mentioned his rejection of the two-state solution during his remarks at the White House reception marking the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution, Joe Biden seemed to agree to a prolonged applause. Members of Congress reacted in the same way to Kyriakos Mitsotakis' remarks on the Cyprus issue before members of the US Senate and House of Representatives.
Mitsotakis' fierceness and the reactions he provoked on the Cyprus problem brought smiles of absolute satisfaction in Nicosia, even before President Anastasiades was informed in detail by the Greek Prime Minister about what was said.
The Greek Prime Minister's references to Turkish provocativeness in the Aegean also seem to have hit home. He spoke about the overflights and called on the US political leadership to take this behavior into account in any subsequent decisions to sell F16s to Turkey.
The most striking element of Kyriakos Mitsotakis' public statements during his trip to Washington was the fact that not once did he refer specifically to Turkey and Erdogan. On the contrary, for the first time he chose to talk about Ankara's attitude through oligomena or other examples.
For example, in his speech to Congress he suggested that Putin should not succeed and to discourage all other authoritarian leaders who engage in historical revisionism and openly aggressive actions that violate international law.
This left little room for reaction from the Turkish government, which has so far avoided commenting directly on the substance of Mitsotakis' contacts. Unlike the pro-government media in the country, which have taken it upon themselves to do the "dirty work". They criticize Mitsotakis' "insinuations" and complain about the "tolerant" attitude that US officials have chosen to take. The reactions to Biden's decision to welcome Mitsotakis wearing a tie with the Greek flag are indicative of the climate that the media are trying to cultivate in Turkey.
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