Mitsotakis’ initiative for a meeting with Eastern Mediterranean countries – Jabs at the opposition’s double talk and the “fake patriots”

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking successful Parliament, defended the doctrine of an progressive overseas argumentation grounded successful the country’s strengthened defence capabilities. He made wide that the “calm waters” policy regarding Greek-Turkish relations does not successful immoderate mode preclude safeguarding nationalist sovereignty and sovereign rights.

The treatment covering the afloat scope of diplomatic issues took spot pursuing an inaugural by the Prime Minister, who reminded absorption parties that “diplomacy cannot beryllium confused with revolutionary gymnastics” and that “national decisions are not made successful cafés oregon connected TV panels.”

Mr. Mitsotakis utilized beardown connection against those criticizing the “calm waters” attack to Greek-Turkish relations.

“Why and however bash immoderate truthful easy condemn this argumentation of calm waters? What bash we want, then? Troubled waters? Storms? Accidents and tensions?” helium asked, adding: “I would urge overmuch greater restraint contiguous to the fake patriots who ever state themselves battle-ready from the information of their couches, oregon to those warring anonymously from the ‘trenches’ of their computers.”

He besides clarified that, done an inaugural by the Greek government, the request of unanimity was established for immoderate imaginable EU–Turkey statement connected defence programs promoted by the Union.

“If Turkey wants to enactment successful the SAFE program, it indispensable assistance the casus belli and the authorities of ‘gray zones’,” helium stated.

Mitsotakis besides clashed sharply with Nikos Androulakis and Sokratis Famellos over the Gaza Peace Conference, the EU’s defence architecture, and different cardinal overseas argumentation issues. He accused the absorption of treble talk, claiming that successful closed-door briefings by Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis astatine the National Foreign Policy Council, absorption parties amusement a tone of consensus, yet successful Parliament and connected camera, they accidental the opposite.

Addressing specifically PASOK person Nikos Androulakis, who had said Greece played the relation of a “still-life prop” astatine the Sharm el-Sheikh Peace Conference successful Egypt, Mitsotakis replied: “You spoke, Mr. Androulakis, astir a ‘still life’. I wonderment — if we hadn’t been invited, what would you person said then? Were you bothered by our presence? If you were successful my place, what would you person done — grabbed Trump by the lapel and told him, ‘Go back, Mr. Trump’?”

He continued: “Mr. Trump’s mode whitethorn beryllium off-putting, but helium is the elected President of the United States and a strategical spouse of our homeland.”

Responding to reactions from PASOK MPs — and addressing SYRIZA’s benches arsenic good — helium added:
“No, Mr. Androulakis, I americium the Prime Minister of Greece, and I guarantee my state is beardown — not the laughingstock it was nether SYRIZA. I americium telling you truths you don’t like.”

Responding to SYRIZA person Sokratis Famellos, helium besides commented connected caller developments with Alexis Tsipras, saying: “You are defending the argumentation of a Prime Minister who abandoned you and near your party. But that’s your contented — 1 you’ll person to resoluteness successful the Left’s interior soul-searching.”

Mitsotakis besides informed Parliament of affirmative developments regarding the Monastery of Saint Catherine astatine Mount Sinai, announcing that pursuing intensive talks betwixt the 2 countries’ overseas ministers, determination is simply a preliminary communal knowing betwixt Greece and Egypt — with the last accidental belonging to the Sinai Brotherhood.

According to this understanding, the quality of the Monastery volition stay unchanged, immoderate conversion of the Monastery oregon different spiritual sites is prohibited, and provisions are made to guarantee the monks’ continued presence.

At the aforesaid time, Mitsotakis announced an inaugural for a associated gathering of each Eastern Mediterranean coastal states to research the imaginable for practice successful cardinal areas — specified arsenic maritime zones and migration — based connected International Law and the Law of the Sea.

On the Power Cable Project

The Prime Minister reiterated that the electrical interconnection task is of superior value for Cyprus, which remains successful vigor isolation.

“The Cypriot broadside raised issues concerning the project’s fiscal viability. In afloat coordination with the President of Cyprus, we person drawn up a program to flooded these challenges,” helium said.

On the OPEKEPE Inquiry

Responding to his governmental opponents’ remarks regarding the parliamentary enquiry into the OPEKEPE (Greek Payment and Control Agency for Guidance and Guarantee Community Aid) case, the Prime Minister said helium had nary objection to immoderate witnesses being called to testify.

“Let whoever you privation travel earlier the enquiry — the ‘frappé guy’, the butcher, the greengrocer, Mylonakis, whoever you wish,” helium quipped.

He added that the inquiry’s proceedings amusement the lawsuit has long-standing, systemic characteristics.

“Do you truly judge this contented concerns lone New Democracy? Do you deliberation that each PASOK officials — particularly successful Crete — had nary engagement astatine all? So fto everyone travel to the inquiry. The authorities volition not basal successful anyone’s way,” helium concluded.