In a series of tweets, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias stressed that the Turkish military intervention in Libya violated UN Security Council resolutions.
The Greek minister considered that this intervention also violates "any concept of legitimacy" that Europe must protect, through the "IRINI" process it leads in the Mediterranean to prevent the flow of arms to Libya.
Dendias touched on the agreement to demarcate the maritime borders recently signed by Greece with Italy, defending it and asserting that Athens should not have missed such a historic opportunity as it had previously done with Libya.
In another context, the Greek Foreign Minister praised Egypt for controlling its coasts so that the migrants would not flow from it to Europe, "without asking anything in return" from the European Union.
He added: "Of course, we want to have good relations with Turkey and with all the countries of the region. Unfortunately, it seems that Turkey has other priorities. It is blackmailing to obtain concessions, and this issue cannot be accepted."
"The assurance that Greece will defend its sovereignty and its rights cannot be considered a threat, but rather a legitimate right of self-defense guaranteed by the Charter of the United Nations," Dendias said.
He stressed that "Greece was and will remain ready to defend its sovereign rights on its own. But it is not alone."
Earlier, Dendias signed a historical agreement with his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio.
The agreement on maritime boundaries between Greece and Italy established an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) between the two countries and resolved long-standing issues over fishing rights in the Ionian Sea.
The agreement on maritime boundaries is the first Greece signed with a neighboring country and opens the way for further agreements with Albania, Egypt and Cyprus.
Dendias is set to visit Egypt on June 18 to resume talks with Egyptian officials on demarcating maritime boundaries between the two countries.
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