In clear threats against Greece, Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, again raising the issue of the demilitarization of the Greek islands.
Following Erdogan's line of escalating Turkish provocativeness, Cavusoglu raised the tone and said, according to Turkish media, that if the Greek side continues to militarize the islands, then Turkey cannot stand idly by and "will not bluff".
He even went so far as to raise the issue of sovereignty and say that Turkey will... go after Greece if it continues to arm the islands.
The Turkish diplomatic chief, citing the Lausanne Treaty, repeated the narrative that Greece is violating international law on the status of the islands.
"We will come after you"
He said that "Greece has been arming its islands since 1960 and then we said "if it does not give up, the discussion on sovereignty (of the islands) will start". We are very serious, we are not bluffing. Greece has to comply and if it does not then we will go further on the issue, which cannot be dismissed with the Greek arguments that allegedly Turkey has an expansionist policy and is targeting our territories."
Reversing the reality, Cavusoglu insisted that it is the Greek side that is "clearly violating" the agreements and threatening Turkey, adding that this situation cannot be accepted by Ankara.
"The steps taken by Greece are a threat to Turkey. We cannot say 'it doesn't matter how many weapons they place (on the islands). As long as they do not stop, we will go after them," the Turkish foreign minister said."
Source: in.gr
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