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Scholz defends Greece against Turkey's threats

2022-10-28 17:27:08Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Scholz defends Greece against Turkey's threats
Olaf Scholz and Kyriakos Mitsotakis

In the dispute between Greece and Turkey, the Chancellor of Germany offered German mediation during his visit to Athens. But even between the host and the guest there is a point of conflict.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz defended Greece against Turkey's threats regarding the Greek islands in the eastern Mediterranean. It is not possible, "for NATO partners to question each other's sovereignty", said Scholz during the visit (27.10) to Athens. Good relations between Turkey and Greece are important not only for these two countries, but for all of Europe. The problems should be "solved in dialogue and on the basis of international law", he stressed. "If the parties consider it necessary, Germany can contribute," Chancellor Scholz offered.

The Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the joint press conference with Scholz accused the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of spreading lies about Greece". The Prime Minister declared, despite the accusations from Ankara, that "there is no danger" from the Greek islands. At the same time, he declared that six Marder defense tanks from Germany will be deployed on the border with Turkey. They will be located on the Evros border river in the north-east of the country, Mitsotakis said.

Exchange of tanks in support of Ukraine

A few days ago, Germany sent to Greece six of the 40 Marder tanks that will be sent to Greece in total to carry out an exchange in support of Ukraine: Greece will keep the German tanks to send to Ukraine the 40 tanks of its BMP-type arsenal 1, which Ukrainians can use against aggression from Russia.

There are massive tensions between Greece and Turkey, related to the deployment of weapons and troops to the Greek islands in the Mediterranean. The Turkish president has repeatedly threatened the neighboring country with an attack, warning: "We may come suddenly one night." The two NATO member countries have been fighting over the rights to natural gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean for years.

The issue of war reparations: "still unsettled" or "legally closed"?

One point of conflict, however, emerged in the generally harmonious meeting between Scholz and Mitsotakis: The Greek government is still demanding that Germany pay reparations for the damage and suffering caused by the German occupation in World War II. This topic has not yet been fixed, said the host in Athens. This applies mainly to an imposed loan that the Greek Reserve Bank had to pay to the invaders in 1942. "However, this does not disturb our relations," Mitsotakis added. Before the visit, Scholz told "Ta Nea" newspaper: "The issue of reparations is closed legally and politically."

According to the calculations of the Ministry of Finance in Athens, the Central Bank and a parliamentary commission, it is about 269 billion euros – including a mandatory loan that Greece had to provide to the German Reich Bank during the war. Germany considers this topic closed by referring to the Two plus Four Treaty on the foreign policy consequences of the German reunification in 1990.

On April 6, 1941, Nazi Germany attacked Greece. Until 1944 the SS of the Wehrmacht carried out several massacres. Tens of thousands of Greek civilians lost their lives in the war./ DW


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