FM Dendias: Turkey must understand that solidarity can't be cherry-picked

Referring to Turkey, Dendias underlined that it must understand that solidarity among allies cannot be cherry-picked but must be complete.

"There is a significant misunderstanding on Turkey's part," Dendias noted, explaining: "All of us assist every one of us in all matters covered by the alliance's broader agenda. It is not permissible for one member-state to seek the assistance of the other members for its own matters and for that same member-state of the alliance to then turn against, in a manner that is hardly friendly - to not use the more precise term - another member-state of the alliance but also against a union of states, the European Union, to which many members of the alliance belong."

Regarding a Turkish news reports on Friday claiming that many countries have stood by Turkey, Dendias pointed out that "the Turkish side wants to see things in a way that serves its interests." The foreign minister added: "There is widespread understanding of Greek views on the issue of migration. It is clear that international pubic opinion has formed a negative view of Turkey's stance in this matter. Everyone is aware that these flows were orchestrated and augmented by the Turkish side. Human pain was instrumentalised; this is the truth and it is not acceptable to 21st-century society. I hope that the Turkish side will come to see this clearly."

Source: ana-mna

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