Greece Warns Turkiye over energy agreement with a Libyan Group
Greece is warning that it is ready to use all its diplomatic and military might to defend its sovereignty against what it calls hostile plans by its historic foe Turkiye.
The direct warning follows a controversial energy deal Turkiye recently signed with an element of Libya’s divided government.
But the tensions that have been building up recently between the two NATO allies is sparking fears of a crisis that could spill out of control and destabilize the military alliance.
Speaking to Greece’s parliament, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis advised Turkey to return, in his words, to a realm of logic.
Otherwise, he warned Ankara’s growing aggression and plans to claim control of areas Greece considers its territory will be stopped.
The Greek leader said geography does not change at the behest of one’s decision to change or distort it. He said Greece’s borders are its own and, Mitsotakis said, they are ready to be defended by its armed forces as well as by what he said are its powerful diplomatic allies.
Greece Warns Turkiye over energy agreement with a Libyan Group
Lawmakers answered with a roaring applause and standing ovation before Mitsotakis quickly moved to meet with the U.S. ambassador to Greece and a visiting U.S. congressional delegation of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Greece and Turkey are longtime foes but also NATO allies. Relations have cooled and warmed over the decades, often over air and sea rights.
