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Saturday, September 3, 2016

MFA Kotzias Statement at the Informal Meeting of EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs (‘Gymnich’ , ...

‘Today and yesterday we talked about Turkey. Today the Turkish Minister for EU Affairs attended the meeting as well. We also expressed our solidarity to our friends, the people of Turkey. I elaborated on the consequences the coup would have had, had it succeeded. At the same time I highlighted the fact that, based on our experience, no matter how angry or upset and strict people may be about dealing with coups and those involved in them, what we learnt from the Greek experience of 1974 was that calmness and composure are called for in dealing with putchists. In tackling...


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