Erdogan is making efforts to create a peaceful and positive environment with Greece, Turkish defense minister said Turkey, through Defense Minister Yasar Guler, who said that the country's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is making efforts to create a peaceful and positive environment for Greece.
“We say that we have brought peace and tranquility to southern Cyprus for 50 years. This is the reality. Now it's the same in Syria, people are living a much more peaceful and prosperous life than they lived under their government,” Guler said speaking to Haberturk, as reported by the ERT correspondent.
< strong>For F-16 and Eurofighter
For Greece and F-16, he emphasized: “[…] Our president is making strong efforts to create a peaceful environment around us. Our president is doing this very clearly to create a peaceful and positive environment with Greece.
In the same way, he is saying that we can start peace talks with the Syrian regime. […] The negotiations with our American friends about the F16s have developed positively, they show understanding, but we have not yet reached the end and signed. We want to buy 40 F16 Viper Block 70 Vipers. There are certain munitions that will accompany the aircraft and we want them.
Our American friends are currently evaluating them in a very positive way and are giving timely responses. The process at the moment is ongoing, continuing positively.”
On the Eurofighter, he said: “I think we are getting close to the end. As you know the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy and Germany are the Eurofighter partners. , our other friends in NATO, the three other partners, are just as willing and supportive of Turkey's acquisition of these Eurofighters as we are. Because the power of a country like Turkey in NATO means the power of NATO, this is such a simple problem. We heard that there are positive developments in Germany and God willing, we believe that it can be completed in a short period of time”.
For the Greek-Turkish
For the Greek-Turkish and the statements of Adoni Georgiadis, he pointed out: “So the Turkishboth the president and the Greek prime minister have made a very good agreement with a really positive approach, i.e. with the aim of being able to live in a more positive environment instead of increasing the tension, getting into conflicts with each other. And we make every effort to strictly adhere to the agreement. I believe that the Greek prime minister thinks like our president, but sometimes such fiery thoughts can come out. I can't imagine why a health minister would make such a statement. I guess he's done working in hospitals and now he's going to be a pilot. God willing. We said we are waiting for him. We accept 60 million people, now it will be 60 million and one”.
“Confidence Building Measures activities continue with Greece. We support this, we really do. In fact, last month, our Fleet Commander Admiral Kadir, who is now a Vice Admiral, made a trip to Athens with his Greek counterpart and toured there and returned. It was very positive. […] In terms of the steel dome, it is a bowl, a set of systems, and many systems work in it. With those systems in place, we're trying to protect the inside of that bowl. All this has already been produced, now we are putting it together and we will ensure the integration. God willing, I think they will be completed as soon as possible”.
