‘The turquoise It is illegal. It is not recognized by us. Is not recognized by theEuropean Union. It is not recognized by any serious state. Therefore there is no issue anyway. But even more so, about two months ago, one of the two largest oil companies in the world, the American Chevron, came within the limits of this notorious illegal Turkolibyan memorandum. And accepted, on the basis of Greece’s initiative, to do hydrocarbon investigations. By canceling all this about the supposed Turkolibyan memorandum. I think we attribute to this discussion a little more than it has. Because we have Chevron and we have that this outrageous Memorandum is not recognized anyway. “
This was emphasized by the Vice President of the Government Kostis Hatzidakis In an interview with Real FM 97.8.
Mr. Hatzidakis, answering a question on the issue with Sinai Monastery, He noted: “There is a will of the Egyptian government to address the issue in a positive way. Beyond that, there are regional authorities and courts there. But there was an official announcement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry last week. There were positions by President Sisi himself in his discussions with the prime minister. We are therefore awaiting implementation of those agreed in principle. There are certainly issues for further discussion. But I believe that both countries will do what they can, to deal with this issue in a fair and definitive way. On the other hand, they will continue their cooperation that has been of strategic importance for some years, and important to the safety of the wider region. “
Listen to Mr. Hatzidakis’ interview:
Then to a question about the recent Eye court ruling He said: “In issues that are raising public awareness, such as Eye, Mandra, Tempi, we all have our own subjective image. But what matters, where there is a rule of law, is the final position of justice. There is no other way. I fully understand the relatives because they lived and live a drama. ”
Then Mr. Hatzidakis, on the occasion of the attitude of opposition parties in Eye tragedies and in Tempi, He stressed: “Justice came and decided in a certain way. He said, let’s say, that Mrs Dourou is innocent. On the other hand, a Secretary General and others are sentenced. The question is this: we as a government and now and in the past when we were opposition, in this issue we kept an attitude I think characterized by prudence and avoidance of exaggeration. And from the beginning we have made it clear that the law must be tried and the law under the Greek Constitution. The question is the opposition in Greece. SYRIZA, who was then a government, but also the other opposition parties, have this perception in general or do they have two measures and two weights on the subject of Tempi? If there was theoretically for Mr Triantopoulos and Mr. Karamanlis in the future, such a decision, as it was for Mrs. Dourou, what would SYRIZA, PASOK and other opposition parties do? Would they observe the attitude of the New Democracy from the beginning? I mean in relation to justice. We are all here and we are judged. “
Mr. Hatzidakis also emphasized the confusion of the opposition in terms of the New Democracy proposal for recommendation pre -trial committee To Mr Karamanlis: “Opposition parties – and especially PASOK – say that they will vote in the case of Karamanlis referral to a felony, but not to a misdemeanor. That is, did Kostas Karamanlis commit the major, but did he not commit the minor? Here is a reasonable gap in what the opposition says. It’s a little paradoxical. The Judicial Council is the natural judge. Will be placed. It has specific responsibilities, as provided by the Constitution and the laws. It has specific rights. All of this shows even more confusion on the part of the opposition. ”
Finally, asked about conduct the championship Basketball, Mr. Hatzidakis noted: “After very sad events that led to human animal losses, the government brought a very bold and very modern context for the violence in sports venues, which has been operating and the extremes have disappeared on the football stadiums. In basketball here we have an issue with factors that, but it is passed on and can be passed in the near future, much more on the stands. That is why government intervention was done. To avoid the worst in the future. On Sunday there were very specific images, which we all saw. There was a race for today and there were two other matches that would follow. One for sure, the other maybe. So today, you would ask us why we are doing nothing and we are watching the subject from the long time. And after the next race you might have asked us much more difficult things. ” He added: “We have made it clear from the beginning that we are acting not only repressive, but mainly preventively. We send a message mainly to the factors that there is an organized state here and that the laws will be respected. And we want commitments quite clear and unauthorized by themselves that they accept a framework. If they accept this context, the races will proceed. If they do not accept it, the championship will stop. ” In addition, he referred to the government’s key priority on this issue: “A government that sees a specific scene, if the eyes were closed would be inferior to the circumstances. The key is, at this time, nothing but the protection of the sport, which has advertised Greece abroad, repeatedly, the protection of sport and the protection of public order. “