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Germany and France openly support Greece against Turkish provocations
Ankara has opened a new round of provocative statements, as top officials of the Turkish government unleash “fire” against Greece, but specifically against Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, with Athens responding once again through the diplomatic channel, ensuring open support both Germany and France.
In particular, yesterday (29.07.2022), the beginning was made by the Minister of Defense, Hulusi Akar, who argued that our country is blocking the sale of American F-16s to Turkey, saying that the Prime Minister of Greece speaking to Congress “said something unthinkable : don’t give the F-16s to Turkey”.
This was followed by the statements of the representative of the ruling party of Turkey (AKP), Omer Çelik, as well as the Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.
All this, while Nikos Dendias met with two of his counterparts within a few hours. Initially, with the German Foreign Minister, Analena Berbock, who sent a clear message to Turkey that “the Aegean islands are Greek territory and no one has the right to question this. My own government will not allow there to be any doubt that we stand in solidarity.”
50 Turkish violations.
A barrage of violations by Turkish fighter jets and unmanned aerial vehicles also occurred today in the Aegean, as Turkish aircraft violated our national airspace a total of 50 times, while the violations in question occurred along the eastern Aegean.
In particular, two pairs of F-16 fighter jets and a pair of F-4 fighter jets, together with two unmanned aerial vehicles flew over our national airspace and committed a total of 50 violations and 7 violations of the Athens FIR.
Of the fighter aircraft, two were armed, while an equal number of engagements occurred. From today’s violations. The above aircraft were identified and intercepted by the Greek air forces, in accordance with international rules, according to standard practice.
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