“The government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have managed to solve the Gordian bond of conflicts that have been held in the Sinai Monastery for many years and should be credited with excellent work,” said Serres MP and Secretary of International Relations and EU, among others. of the New Democracy Tasos Hatzivasiliou, speaking to SKAI on Monday morning.
On the occasion of the visit of the Patriarch of Jerusalem to the Turkish president, he warned of the attempted tool for Orthodox spiritual leaders by Ankara: “Turkey is trying to appear as an important factor in the interfaith dialogue, while in fact trying to see it,” coincided with the journey of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in the US. “The Ecumenical Patriarchate is in the capital position and that cannot be changed,” he said.
Mr Hadjivasiliou attributed to Turkey’s geopolitical irritation of the Navtex edition for Piri Reis, stressing that Greece immediately issued anti-Navtex: “Ankara is annoyed by the successful outcome of the competition and the arrival of Chevron. He sees that Greece is transformed into a credible geopolitical pole that can provide energy security. ” In addition, he said that geopolitical irritation also stems from Greece’s diplomatic activity in Libya.
In the same context, he referred to the official letter submitted by Greece to the UN in response to the May Libyan letter, saying: “The Foreign Ministry letter is completely deconstructing the Libyan arguments. The Greek side recalls that the islands have marine zones under Article 121 of the Convention on the Law of the Sea. Libya cannot ignore the existence of Greek islands in the region. ” As he pointed out, Greece makes it clear that the only basis for dispute resolution is international law, while “the Turkish -white memorandum is completely non -existent”.