Go to Media BankGreek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias. File photoATHENA, Sep 8 Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, in letters to the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, announced the threat of a serious conflict with Turkey, copies of the letters are at the disposal of RIA Novosti. In the letters sent on September 5, Dendias draws attention to «the latest series of inflammatory statements» made by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Foreign Minister cites statements according to which Greece has occupied the islands in the Aegean Sea and the Turkish leader threatens that Greece will pay a high price
"These public statements of the President of Turkey speak for themselves; they are unprovoked, unacceptable and insult Greece and the Greek people. Their overtly menacing nature and tone are more than obvious, dispelling any doubts about their purpose, as well as any claims that they are for purely domestic purposes in connection with the upcoming elections in the country", writes Dendias.
>According to him, the «extremely aggressive rhetoric» of the Turkish president himself was followed by other high-ranking Turkish officials. «This rhetoric is combined with a sharp increase in violations of my country's sovereignty in the Aegean and the southeastern Mediterranean,» Dendias said. called Turkey's threats unacceptable. He believes that such statements further polarize the situation and instill hatred, enmity and contempt for the Greek neighbors in the Turkish people, thereby making the prospects for rapprochement even more illusory. «The Turkish leadership, apparently, preferred to present future aggression as already prepared and, more importantly, as a justified action by Turkey,» the Greek Foreign Minister said. In his opinion, Turkey's behavior towards Greece should be condemned by the entire international community. request that the letter be distributed as an official document of the UN General Assembly.
Erdogan warned Greece against worsening relations with Turkey