Mitsotakis’ message to Erdogan: “Our position is clear – We do not accept fait accompli – The fact that we are discussing does not mean that we agree or back down” 2024-07-24 10:57:41

While the Turkish President Erdogan was using immoral tactics with fiestas and ships, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is at the commemoration event at the Presidential Palace, sent clear messages to the neighboring country, announcing that “it would not be accepted as done”.

The fact that we are discussing does not mean that we agree or back down, the prime minister said at the start of his speech, sending a clear message to Ankara.

“I am here today deeply moved, representing every Greek man and woman everywhere in the world to repeat before you two words that have sealed our lives. I don’t forget.

Let the lessons of yesterday become the priorities of today.

A day not only of suffering but also a starting point of new momentum for our national claims. We return to those moments that Cyprus and Greece paid.

This island stood up, Nicosia kept alive the request for the reunification of the country.

Cyprus and Greece we are more united than ever. We reject the anachronistic Dogma.

A message to Ankara, the fact that we are talking does not mean that we agree or give in. Greece talks to everyone.

There is no other way than the one shared by the UN Secretary General as I found out a few days ago. The way is to restart the conversations. After all, only those who have no arguments avoid dialogue. I am referring to a direction that Europe cannot be absent from.

We are not only here to mourn but also to fight.

The Cyprus issue offends international legitimacy. An example that finds authoritarian imitators like that of Ukraine.

I trust the law. In our seats.

There is always hope, as long as what is done on the ground is not done in the heart of Hellenism. But also of Europe as long as it does not recognize this construction (pseudocracy).

They cannot present the very important aid of Cyprus to Gaza.

So without missing the feeling, Athens and Nicosia we have to look at the situation today with pragmatism. We know the difficulties that the national front often encounters.

Greece and Cyprus continue our joint effort, having as a vehicle our fraternal ties, our presence in the EU and international forums and the coordination of our actions. With the President having the first word but we are on your side.

I will close with one commitment. Hellenism will not stop fighting until Cyprus is reunited. Until the wounds are healed and stability and peace return to the mega island and the wider region. Memory may hurt wherever you touch it, as Seferis wrote, but he was sure that in Cyprus the miracle still works.

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