Athens’ strong reaction caused the official request filed by Turkey to the European Commission to participate in Safe program, which concerns the defensive shield of Europe.
According to government sources cited by ERT, the issue that will first be raised in discussion It is whether talks on bilateral agreement between the EU will begin. and anchor.
As the same sources point out, “both at the stage of starting the negotiations and in the final phase of approval, each Member State reserves the right to negotiate.”
At the same time, they note that, thanks to the systematic Greek diplomatic intervention, despite the fact that The Safe Regulation It is approved by a special majority (without a formal veto), it was provided that no third country could be included in the program unless it had previously signed a bilateral agreement with the EU, with respect to the interests of the Member States.
Athens, through Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis, has made it clear that he will not accept participation in European defense schemes, such as SAFEof a country still openly threatened with a state-member war of the Union.