Ankara launched a new attack against Greece, targeting Germany at the same time, through Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanzu Bilgit.
Continuing its crescendo of provocations, Turkey accuses Greece saying, among other things, that it is the "only country in the world that claims more airspace than its territorial waters." At the same time, commenting on what the Chancellery spokesman said earlier on Wednesday about Turkish provocation in the Aegean, he stressed that Berlin is "unacceptable to fall into the trap of provoking Greece".
In detail, the Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman's statement:
"We strongly condemn and reject the baseless statements against our country by the Chancellery of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is unacceptable for Germany to fall into the trap of provoking Greece and to participate in the slanderous campaign against our country. We will continue to defend our sovereignty against Greece's violation of our country's airspace, harassing our aircraft in our country's airspace and international airspace, ignoring our NATO Allies.
Greece is the only country in the world that claims more airspace than its territorial waters. Based on this illegal claim, it would be inaccurate to characterize flights within 6-10 miles of international airspace as a "violation of Greek airspace". If there is one factor that threatens the sovereignty, regional security and stability of its neighbor, it is Greece.
In fact, Greece is arming the islands near our country, contrary to the 1923 Lausanne Peace Treaty and the 1947 Paris Peace Treaty. Moreover, it maintains its illegal and unjust attitude that it can unilaterally extend the territorial waters in the Aegean beyond 6 nautical miles against the vital interests of our country and the freedom of navigation.
Turkey has no eyes on anyone's land. However, we should not expect to turn a blind eye to the threat to the security of our people by publicly violating the very clear provisions of international disarmament treaties by Greece. We expect Germany to call on Greece to act in accordance with international agreements, instead of making discriminatory statements that are not in the spirit of the alliance."
Source: Proto Thema
Contents of this article including associated images are belongs Cyprus Times
Views & opinions expressed are those of the author and/or Cyprus Times
Source
