Despotopoulos on Mega: “Erdogan provokes us to be the first to pull the trigger”

International Alexandros Destopoulos spoke to “Socionia Ora MEGA” about Erdogan’s aggressive speechbut also for Turkish Challenges.

Mr. Despotopoulos pointed out Greece should not fall into the trap.

“He wants us to fall into the trap he set for us.”

“It is clear that Mr. Erdogan chose tension with Greece, but he does not want a generalized war either. He is trying to drag us into a state of tension, so that we make a mistake and fall into the trap he set for us,” he said at the beginning.

“This is the same context as Imia, with the difference that what the Greek state says is that we are not going to let a local event remain local, because it creates the fait accompli. The Turks were upset that the Americans responded to this bipolar game between the Turks and Russia, strengthening their position in Greece and Cyprus,” Mr. Destopopoulos added. “.

Cyprus has essentially entered the NATO vestibule as an alternative to Turkey, and the United States has already moved to lift the arms embargo. It is possible that in the coming period the Republic of Cyprus will acquire F-35 aircraft or modern weapons systems that it did not possess until now. “The Turks feel that this is a threat and they feel that they have lost this advantage,” he added.